Patent ID: 8852204

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of strands twisted together to define a longitudinal shaft; a guide feature integrally associated with the longitudinal shaft and disposed at a distal end of the longitudinal shaft, the guide feature comprising a strand of the longitudinal shaft, wherein the guide feature is curved such that a distal tip of the guide feature is offset from a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal shaft; and an ensnarement feature integrally associated with the longitudinal shaft, the ensnarement feature comprising a strand of the longitudinal shaft separated from the plurality of strands to form a loop of the ensnarement feature which rejoins with the plurality of strands of the longitudinal shaft to form the guide feature, wherein the ensnarement feature is disposed proximal the guide feature; wherein the distal tip of the guide feature and the ensnarement feature are orientated such that the distal tip of the guide feature and the ensnarement feature are disposed on the same side of a plane that includes the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal shaft.