![]() The device according to claim 1, wherein said balloon means comprises a flexible material having elastic properties which inflates into a substantially bell shaped balloon having sloping walls, said sloping walls of said balloon adapted to engage said object upon removal of said device from said body passage.Ħ. The device according to claim 1, wherein said bulb means comprises a hollow compressible member having a definite shape, said hollow compressible member being constructed from a resilient material which causes said hollow compressible member to return to said definite shape after compression.ĥ. The device according to claim 1, wherein said balloon means has a maximum volume of inflation and said bulb means is sized to contain a volume of air sufficient to inflate said balloon means to or below said maximum volume of inflation.Ĥ. The device according to claim 1, wherein said elongated members are integrally attached to said bulb means.ģ. Said elongated members adapted to be pressed inwardly against said bulb means so as to compress said bulb means andĮach of said elongated members being hollow and compressible and being formed from a semi-rigid flexible material, and each of said elongated members including an air release port for releasing air upon compression of said elongated members.Ģ. Said hand grip means comprising two elongated members positioned on opposite sides of said bulb means Hand grip means positioned adjacent to and in contact with said bulb means for gripping said device and for compressing said bulb means ![]() Said balloon means adapted to be placed into the body passage and moved past said object within said body passage while in a deflated state and adapted to be inflated by said compressible bulb means when positioned behind said object so as to conform to surfaces of said body passage, engage said object and remove said object while in an inflated state upon removal from the body passage A device for extracting an object from a body passage comprising:Ī compressible bulb means attached to a proximal end of said tubular rod and in fluid communication with said rod for pumping air through said tubular rod Īn inflatable balloon means having flexible walls configured to remove an object from the body passage attached to a distal end of said tubular rod and in fluid communication with said tubular rod for receiving said air and thereby inflating
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