Surgery – Instruments – Forceps
Patent
1997-01-30
2000-02-01
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Forceps
606174, 600564, A61B 1732
Patent
active
060197803
ABSTRACT:
A miniature articulating tip for an endoscopic instrument comprising a jaw with a curved slot through which two pivot lugs pass and are anchored in or integral to a fixed outer tip. The two pivot lugs guide the jaw over a path defined by the curved slot and provide stops at the ends of the curve.
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Burke Roger M.
DiFrancesco Francis J.
Gilman Brian W.
Lombardo Giuseppe
Buiz Michael
Chow Stephen Y.
Cohen Jerry
Kaye Harvey
Lewis William
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