Patent ID: 8734465

Claim:
A medical device, comprising: an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis; a basket having a distal end and a plurality of legs, wherein each of the plurality of legs includes a loop extending between a first end of the elongate member and a second end of the elongate member that opposes the first end so as to form a basket tip at the distal end of the basket, and wherein the plurality of legs and the elongate member are a one single piece member; retrieval material connecting together the loops and extending an entire length of each of the loops from the first end of the elongate member to the second end of the elongate member so as to prevent the basket tip of each leg from expanding outwardly relative to another basket tip along at least one axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of flexibility features positioned along at least one of the first and second ends of the elongate member, wherein each of the plurality of flexibility features is discrete from each of the remaining flexibility features and from the plurality of legs.