US 12,201,281 B2
Tissue specimen retrieval bags, devices, and systems
Scott J. Prior, Branford, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,544.
Application 17/493,544 is a division of application No. 16/391,408, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,134,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,010, filed on May 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022857 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00287 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00438 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue specimen retrieval device, comprising:
a housing;
an outer shaft extending distally from the housing;
an end effector assembly extending distally from the outer shaft in a deployed position thereof;
a tissue specimen bag supported on the end effector assembly, the tissue specimen bag defining an open end and elongated body extending from the open end to a closed distal end, the closed distal end of the elongated body folded back on itself at least once to form a folded elongated body portion with the closed distal end extending closer to the open end than a remainder of the folded elongated portion; and
a slack ring releasably disposed about the elongated body and the folded elongated body portion of the tissue specimen bag.