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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Shailendra K. Parihar, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Haresh D. Patil, Dhule, IN;
Mark J. Bookbinder, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Wells D. Haberstich, Loveland, OH (US);
Shailendra K. Parihar, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Haresh D. Patil, Dhule, IN;
Mark J. Bookbinder, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Wells D. Haberstich, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A specimen retrieval instrument comprises a handle assembly, an actuating rod, an introducer tube, and a retrieval bag. In some versions the instrument includes a fixed arm and a buckling arm that attach to the retrieval bag and that are in communication with the actuating rod. Upon translation of the rod through the tube, the bag may be distally deployed from a proximal position within the introducer tube, and the buckling arm may open the bag for receiving a specimen. In some versions the instrument includes a support arm and a spring loop, with the spring loop attaching to the retrieval bag and the support arm attaching to the spring loop. The support arm and spring loop are in communication with the actuating rod such that movement of the rod deploys the bag from an initial position within the tube and opens the retrieval bag for receiving a specimen.