Surgery – Instruments – Means for removing tonsils – adenoids or polyps
Patent
1996-05-14
1999-05-25
Dawson, Glenn K.
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removing tonsils, adenoids or polyps
606110, 606113, 606127, A61B 1724, A61B 1722
Patent
active
059066210
ABSTRACT:
An endoscopic surgical device for severing tissue within a subject and for retrieving severed tissue from within the subject is disclosed. The device has a support unit, a tissue severing snare system, and a tissue retrieving net system. The snare and net systems are carried by the support unit and may be inserted into the subject through an orifice or small incision and individually operated to sever and retrieve tissue. The snare system includes a snare, a snare actuator, and a snare deployment and retrieval assembly for transmitting motion between the actuator and the snare. The net system includes a net, a net actuator, a net deployment and retrieval assembly for transmitting motion between the net and its actuator and a net controller for assuring the net is fully opened when deployed.
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Secrest Dean J.
Younker Marlin E.
Dawson Glenn K.
United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.
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