Method of treating the colon

Details Method of treating the colon Method of treating the colon

1992-07-14

1994-02-08

Kruter, Jerome L.

Surgery

Miscellaneous

Methods

606205, A61B 1700

Patent

active

052841626

ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument assembly and method particularly for grasping and displacing a large tubular organ such as a colonic section during a laparoscopic procedure comprises an elongate rigid tubular member, an elongate rod having at least a portion slidably inserted in the tubular member, and two or four prongs connected to the rod at a distal end thereof. The prongs each have an arcuate configuration when ejected from a distal end of the tubular member by a distally directed motion of the rod. Upon ejection, the prongs form a substantially C-shaped clamping member with a pair of grasping jaws. The prongs are flattened out and pressed towards one another when the distal end of the tubular member is shifted over a proximal portion of the prongs.

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