The DIMENSION® Articulating Stone Basket/Grasper, from Bard Medical, offers the following advantages: 1) Articulating feature combines the advantages of a basket and grasper in a single instrument allowing capture of calculi in difficult locations, 2) Teardrop shaped basket permits efficient capture of a wide range of stones; Nitinol wire is kink resistant and retains its shape even in a tortuous pathway, 3) "Butterfly" wire configuration forms a tipless basket for efficient capture and controlled release – with minimal risk of trauma, and 4) Limited tests demonstrated a capture rate 83% better than competition in the first attempt and 73% better than competition in up to three attempts.