Patent ID: RE44361

Claim:
A tool for removing a discrete object from the body of a human or animal patient, comprising: a single length of tubing including an elongated shaft having a tool head at a distal end thereof, said tool head having a radially compact disposition and a radially spread disposition defining a basket cavity for embracing said object, said elongate shaft being longer than said tool head; said tubing including at least three longitudinal slits within the tubing of the tool head, extending along the tool head and stopping short of a distal end surface of said tubing, defining at least three parallel first strands between the at least three longitudinal slits which together define an envelope of said basket cavity; at least one second strand defined by an additional slit within a distal portion of at least one of said first strands, a length of the at least one second strand being less than a length of the at least one of said first strands; and at least one said third strands strand defined by another additional slit within the at least one second strand over a portion of the length of said second strand, a length of the at least one third strand being less than the length of the at least one second strand.