Angled snare assembly

Claim 1

A snare assembly comprising: an outer sheath having a distal opening and a longitudinal axis extending in a first plane; a loop having a proximal end and a distal end, said loop being formed from a resilient wire that includes a reverse bend at a midpoint and a pair of ends fastened together, said reverse bend forming an apex at said distal end of said loop and said fastened together ends forming said proximal end; a control handle for extending and retracting said loop out of and into said sheath through said distal opening, said loop projecting at an angle from said first plane into a second plane when extended from said distal opening; and a connector for connecting said control handle to said proximal end of said loop; and said snare assembly being further characterized by said loop including a pair of hemiloops, one hemiloop being defined between each of said pair of ends and said apex, said hemiloops including matching symmetrical bends at spaced locations; a first pair of said matching symmetrical bends being located adjacent said fastened together ends and a second pair of mirror image matching symmetrical bends being located adjacent said apex; and three additional matching symmetrical bends being located on each of said hemiloops so as to divide said hemiloops between said first and second pair of matching symmetrical bends into four segments of substantially equal length.