Tissue specimen retrieval bag, method for retrieving tissue
AssigneeAnchor Products Company
InventorsJames Taylor, Robert H. Thrun
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Abstract
Provided is a tissue retrieval bag. The bag is defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and a channel formed into the exterior surface of the bag, wherein the channel provides access to the interior of the bag through the exterior surface. Also provided is a tissue retrieval defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and at least one porthole on the exterior of the bag, wherein at least one tube extends from the at least one porthole.
Claims14
A tissue retrieval bag, the bag comprising:
- a region of the bag defining an opening;
- an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening;
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- a channel formed into the exterior surface of the bag, wherein the channel provides access to the interior of the bag through the exterior surface.
A method of forming a tissue retrieval bag, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a substrate with a longitudinal axis at the center of the substrate, wherein portions of the substrate on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis are substantially structurally mirrored and wherein the distal sides of the substrate feature an extending strip of the substrate material;
- b. folding the substrate in half along the longitudinal axis such that the mirrored structures overlap;
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- c. joining the two halves together at a region proximal to the distal edge of each half while maintaining an opening at the farthest end of the extending strip and at the top of the substrate.
A tissue retrieval bag, the bag comprising:
- a region of the bag defining an opening;
- an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening;
- and
- at least one porthole on the exterior of the bag, wherein at least one tube extends from the at least one porthole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.