Patent ID: 8734464

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 slidably disposed within the lumen and selectively translatable through the lumen 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; an articulation mechanism including an articulation member operably coupled to the end effector assembly and an articulation actuator operably coupled to the housing, the articulation member selectively movable relative to the end effector assembly to articulate the end effector assembly relative to the longitudinal axis, the articulation mechanism transitionable between a disengaged state, wherein the articulation actuator is disengaged from the articulation member, and an engaged state, wherein the articulation actuator is operably engaged with the articulation member, wherein, in the engaged state, actuation of the articulation actuator effects movement of the articulation member relative to the end effector assembly to articulate the end effector assembly relative to the longitudinal axis, and wherein translation of the shaft from the first position to the second position transitions the articulation mechanism from the disengaged state to the engaged state; and a specimen retrieval bag supported by the end effector assembly, the specimen retrieval bag deployable from an undeployed position to an open position.