Basket retrieval - main types and purpose

Surgeons often have to deal with the need to remove stones from the gallbladder, bile ducts, and foreign bodies in the bronchi, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs. Since conventional operations with large incisions are quite traumatic, endoscopic removal of these bodies is gaining popularity. It is minimally invasive and, in most cases, non-traumatic, and the patient does not need a long postoperative recovery.

In such a situation, the surgeon's main instrument is an endoscopic basket. It allows reliable gripping and fixation of a stone or object and its extraction without the risk of damaging the organ walls.

Stone retrieval baskets are often equipped with an atraumatic tip. They have different sizes and shapes, depending on the type of manipulation the surgeon needs to perform. The shape of the foreign body, the sharpness of its edges (stone fragments), and its slipperiness are also important.

Retrieval devices are controlled by a special mechanism on the handle of the endoscope. At first, it is pushed out and opened, and after contact with a stone or object, it securely fixes it when pulled out.

The endoscopic foreign body retrieval basket is most often used in gastroenterology to remove bile duct stones, but this method is also widely used by thoracic and pediatric surgeons. Children often inhale or choke on seeds and various seeds and paper balls. Minimally invasive removal of these objects using an endoscopy retrieval basket is the method of choice in pediatric surgery.

Reusable retrieval baskets - shapes, materials, applications

Alton Medical offers high-quality reusable foreign body retrieval devices from the body using an endoscope. The main materials from which these tools are made:

• Steel. It does not corrode
• Nitinol. It is an alloy of nickel and titanium that has memory properties.

Reusable basket extraction Alton Medical is represented by the following forms:

• Balloon. It is made of steel and is best suited for capturing and removing gallstones from the gallbladder. It reliably fixes and holds both small and large formations. It is used in gastrosurgery.
• The folding corner is made of steel or nitinol. It can be opened to different widths and is great for round and slippery bodies. Such baskets are often used by pediatric surgeons.
• Nitinol spiral. Suitable for removing various objects.

A special feature of reusable endoscopic retrieval devices is the need for constant sterilization (autoclaving). That is why the material from which they are made is of practical importance. Steel and nitinol instruments are resistant to external factors, and corrosion, and do not lose their quality under the influence of high temperature and disinfectants.

Reusable retrieval baskets Alton Medical meet the modern requirements for the manufacture of endoscopic instruments and can be used for a long time during minimally invasive interventions.