Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1996-05-14
1998-06-23
Shay, David M.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 41, 606215, 606219, A61B 1736
Patent
active
057698481
ABSTRACT:
An endoscopic instrument comprising an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end. Actuating mechanism is located at the proximal end and operating mechanism at the distal end. The operating mechanism comprises a pair of V-shaped jaw members, a cautery wire associated with jaw members to incise tissue gripped by the jaws and a mucosa-protecting balloon attached to and movable with one of the jaw members.
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