Patent ID: 6887255

Claim:
A laparoscopic specimen extraction port having expanded and contracted positions, the laparoscopic specimen extraction port comprising: an elongated, hollow port having a rearward portion, an intermediate portion, and a forward portion that is radially-enlarged relative to the intermediate portion; a holding ring disposed radially-outwardly from the intermediate portion and adapted to slide relative to the intermediate portion, the holding ring being disposed at a rear end of the intermediate portion when the laparoscopic specimen extraction port is in the contracted position; and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced prongs having rearward ends connected to the holding ring and forward ends extending to the radially-enlarged, forward portion, the forward ends of the prongs expanding radially-outwardly relative to the rearward ends when the laparoscopic specimen extraction port is in the expanded position, wherein, during transition from the contracted to the expanded position, the radially-enlarged forward portion expands the prongs radially-outwardly, and wherein each prong has an arced cross-section and is thinner than it is wide.