Force-limiting adapter for surgical instruments

Details Force-limiting adapter for surgical instruments Force-limiting adapter for surgical instruments

1988-07-08

1991-03-19

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Truss

Pad

606119, 606160, 604902, A61B 1000

Patent

active

050001914

ABSTRACT:
In combination with a surgical hand instrument applied by a pushing action to place the instrument against human tissue, followed by a pulling action along the tissue, the improvement consisting of an adapter apparatus to limit the pushing action of the instrument against the tissue to a predetermined force, the adapter being inoperative during the pulling action of the instrument. The adapter may advantageously include a biasing spring, which may be adjustable to set the level of the maximum force to be applied.

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patent: 4462405 (1984-07-01), Ehrlich
patent: 4842578 (1989-06-01), Johnson et al.

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