Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1985-11-15
1987-05-26
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128322, 128346, A61B 1712
Patent
active
046676716
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for ligating blood vessels, nerves or other anatomical structures, such as Fallopian tubes, utilizing a modified form of a standard hemostat, including a removable pair of hemostat jaw inserts of non-toxic, substantially rigid material, each releasably secured to a jaw of the hemostat, each insert having removably formed therein at least one clip member, locking structure contained by at least one of the clip members adapted lockingly to engage the other of the clip members, whereby the jaws of the hemostat can be opened to any desired width and then closed, locking the clip members to form a ligating clip over or in a blood vessel or other anatomical structure and opening the jaws causes the joined clip members to break away from the inserts.
A method of using said apparatus and process comprising the steps of removably locking the inserts on the jaws of a hemostat, opening the jaws to any desired width and placing the jaws on opposed sides of a blood vessel, nerve or other anatomical structure to be closed, closing the jaws, engaging the locking structure of the clip members on either side of the anatomical structure, opening the jaws to break away the clip members from said inserts and leaving the clip members in locking engagement on or in the blood vessel or other anatomical structure.
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Gerber Eliot S.
Thaler Michael H.
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