Patent ID: 8777961

Claim:
A surgical retrieval apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a longitudinal axis and including an elongated sleeve extending distally therefrom, the housing and the elongated sleeve cooperating to define a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough; a shaft having an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end thereof, the shaft selectively translatable between a first position, wherein the end effector assembly is disposed within the elongated sleeve, and a second position, wherein the end effector assembly extends distally from the elongated sleeve; a specimen retrieval bag releasably coupled to the end effector assembly, the specimen retrieval bag deployable from an undeployed position to an extended position upon movement of the end effector assembly from the first position to the second position; a stop member disposed about the end effector assembly between the specimen retrieval bag and the shaft, the stop member configured to inhibit the specimen retrieval bag from returning within the lumen upon translation of the shaft from the second position back to the first position, the stop member defining a cinch cord aperture extending therethrough; and a cinch cord defining a first end, and second end, and a loop portion between the first and second ends, the loop portion positioned distally of the stop member and disposed about an open end of the specimen retrieval bag, the first and second ends extending proximally through the cinch cord aperture of the stop member, the first end knotted proximally adjacent the stop member to inhibit distal translation of the first end through the cinch cord aperture, the second end extending proximally through the shaft.