Stone retrieval basket (Dormia basket)
A device of wires (typically nitinol) forming a helical cage at the end of a long shaft, which can be opened and closed around a stone.
How it is used
Captures and extracts urinary stones or fragments during rigid or flexible ureteroscopy, under direct or fluoroscopic guidance.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.