SYSTEMS FOR REMOVING A TISSUE SPECIMEN OR ORGAN THROUGH A SMALL INCISION OR NATURAL OPENING IN A PATIENT

摘要

A system for removing a tissue specimen from a patient is disclosed. The system includes a bag, a tissue cutter, a support and a stabilizer. The tissue cutter includes a passer, a wire, and a handle. The support is an elongated member. The passer is an elongated member configured to be coupled to the support and introduced as a temporary unit into the mouth of the bag in the patient's body holding the tissue specimen. The wire is attached to the passer. The temporary unit is passed around the tissue specimen and out of the opening in the bag to carry the wire through that path so that a distal portion of the wire and a proximal portion of the wire are outside the patient's body. Those portions can be pulled to cut into the tissue specimen. The stabilizer holds the tissue specimen as the wire cuts it.