Surgery – Instruments – Internal pressure applicator
Patent
1993-09-30
1994-10-25
Burr, Edgar S.
Surgery
Instruments
Internal pressure applicator
604104, A61M 2900
Patent
active
053584961
ABSTRACT:
A tissue manipulator is provided which is insertable through an endoscopic tube to enable a surgeon to manipulate tissue inside a body cavity. The tissue manipulator includes an expandable frame comprising a plurality of flexible, interconnected frame members which are adapted to expand laterally outward into a spatula-like platform for engaging the tissue. The platform is selectively expandable into a tulip-shaped configuration and a bulb-shaped configuration to manipulate large body organs such as the liver, lungs or intestines without risk of injury to such organs. The platform is infinitely adjustable in size from its collapsed configuration to its expanded configuration.
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de Toledo Fernando A.
Malecki William W.
Ortiz Mark S.
Tolkoff M. Joshua
Burr Edgar S.
Ethicon Inc.
Nguyen Anthony H.
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