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A method for forming a surgical retrieval basket includes cold forming a section of each of a plurality of axially extending wires in a predetermined shape. Securing the wires together proximate the sections with a cavity defined between the sections of the plurality of the wires forms an enlarged p

A method for forming a surgical retrieval basket includes cold forming a section of each of a plurality of axially extending wires in a predetermined shape. Securing the wires together proximate the sections with a cavity defined between the sections of the plurality of the wires forms an enlarged portion of a surgical retrieval basket. The retrieval basket comprises a plurality of wires normally encased in a compact form within a sheath whereupon displacement of the sheath to free a portion of the wires enables the wires to form an enlarged retrieval basket. The wires forming the retrieval basket are cold formed in a predetermined shape and are secured together in a predetermined fashion to define the retrieval basket.

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A method for forming a surgical retrieval basket having a given number of wires formed in a predetermined configuration along a basket axis in an expanded state comprising the steps of: (A) cold forming each of a plurality of axially extending, wires into the predetermined configuration; (B) assembl

A method for forming a surgical retrieval basket having a given number of wires formed in a predetermined configuration along a basket axis in an expanded state comprising the steps of: (A) cold forming each of a plurality of axially extending, wires into the predetermined configuration; (B) assembling the given number of wires with the predetermined configuration along the basket axis with the ends thereof being located together, said wires, in the assembled shape, conforming to the predetermined configuration of the basket in its expanded state; and (C) securing the ends of the assembled wires together thereby to form the basket.