Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Patent
1991-05-03
1992-10-20
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
606143, 606205, 227179, A61B 1700
Patent
active
051566095
ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument comprises an elongate forceps member having a diameter sufficiently small so that the forceps member is slidably insertable into a biopsy channel extending longitudinally through a tubular endoscope member, the forceps member being provided at a distal end with a pair of forceps jaws each formed on an inwardly facing surface with a longitudinally extending groove. A staple having a spring bias construction tending to force the staple into an opened configuration is disposed in a closed prefiring configuration between the jaws and has a pair of legs each disposed in the closed prefiring configuration in a respective one of the grooves in the forceps jaws. The provided with locking elements for locking the staple in a closed postfiring configuration.
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Nakao Naomi L.
Wilk Peter J.
Coleman Henry D.
Jackson Gary
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Sudol R. Neil
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