Fingertip-mounted minimally invasive surgical instruments and me

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1996-12-31

1999-07-20

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Forceps

A61B 1728

Patent

active

059250640

ABSTRACT:
The invention is a series of minimally invasive, miniature surgical instruments mounted directly on a surgeon's fingertips in a way that the surgeon can insert his or her hand into a patient through a minimal incision to perform surgical procedures, and also to use his or her fingers to manipulate tissues. The invention enables the surgeon to perform the procedures with all the benefits of minimally invasive surgery, but with much greater tactile sense, control, and ease of manipulation, than enabled by known minimally invasive surgical instruments.

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