Surgery – Instruments – Means for removing tonsils – adenoids or polyps
Patent
1992-04-08
1993-03-02
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removing tonsils, adenoids or polyps
606 1, 606108, 606110, A61B 1700
Patent
active
051905540
ABSTRACT:
An appendix extractor includes a cannula (10) with two spaced apart guide members (12 and 14) and an appendix grasping line (16) threaded through each of the guide members (12 and 14). Finger loops (20, 28, and 30) allow for easy insertion into a hole in the patient's abdomen, movement of the appendix grasping assembly forward from the cannula (10), and enlargement and contraction of the appendix grasping region (26) of the appendix grasping line (16).
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Coddington, III Charles C.
Sarrett David L.
Center For Innovative Technology
Dawson Glenn
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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