A laparoscopic surgical extraction port (LSEP) includes a port having a radially-enlarged
distal end. A sheath having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced prongs is slidingly
mounted onto the port. With the prongs contracted radially-inwardly and the LSEP
in its contracted position, a surgeon inserts the LSEP into a patient's abdominal
cavity through an incision. The surgeon then expands the LSEP by pulling the port
rearwardly such that the radially-enlarged distal end expands the prongs radially-outwardly.
The surgeon then positions a specimen and endo-bag in the funnel formed by the
expanded prongs. The specimen, endo-bag, and prongs are thereafter simultaneously
extracted through the incision. A radially-inward force that is applied to the
prongs by the incision substantially prevents the specimen from bunching or rupturing
during the extraction process.
