Patent ID: 8337510

Claim:
An endoscopic retrieval instrument for receiving and retrieving one or more objects from the human body, the instrument comprising: an insertion instrument; a retrieval container comprising an open top portion, a closed bottom portion and a wall between the open top portion and closed bottom portion, the open top portion being provided with a closing mechanism in the form of a thread which is passed through one of loops or apertures attached, wherein the loops or apertures are one of attached to or formed in the retrieval container, the closing mechanism selectively closing the open top portion at least partially; a coupling mechanism configured to selectively disconnect the retrieval container from the insertion instrument, wherein the retrieval container comprises a structuring member in the closed bottom portion configured to facilitate unfolding of the retrieval container into a predetermined shape without filling or inflating the structuring member with a fluid; and a separate connecting member fixedly connected to the outside of the wall of the retrieval container at a location between the open top portion and the structuring member, the separate connecting member being adapted to engage with the coupling mechanism independent and separate from the closing mechanism and wherein the separate connecting member is made of a flexible thin material comprising plastic film.