Dilator

Details Dilator Dilator

1977-03-25

1979-09-25

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128844, A61M 2900

Patent

active

041687094

ABSTRACT:
A dilator comprising a housing and an elongated, slotted probe or core biased and slideable relative to the housing. The core carries expandable leaves or ribs, each having wedges disposed therealong. The wedges engage slots of the core and when the core is moved relative to the leaves the leaves move to their expanded position. In one embodiment biasing means are provided within the housing for biasing the core to its expanded position and a preferably soluble wax block is used in the housing for compressing the biasing means. With this arrangement when the dilator is inserted in the patient the wax dissolves over a period of hours and the biased core is released to thereby cause gradual, painless expansion of the body opening. In a preferred embodiment a remote actuator couples by cable means to the core of the dilator for operating the dilator. In this embodiment a biasing means is provided in the remote actuator instead of the housing of the dilator.

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patent: 972983 (1910-10-01), Arthur
patent: 1137488 (1929-11-01), Zohlen
patent: 1328624 (1920-01-01), Graham
patent: 2621651 (1952-12-01), Wallace
patent: 3557794 (1971-01-01), Van Patten
patent: 3667474 (1972-06-01), Lapkin et al.
patent: 3968800 (1976-07-01), Vilasi

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