Surgery – Instruments – Means for removing suture – clip – staple or ligature
Patent
1994-11-29
1998-01-13
Schmidt, Jeffrey A.
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removing suture, clip, staple or ligature
606207, 132330, 254 28, A61B 1700
Patent
active
057073775
ABSTRACT:
A ligation clip remover removes closed ligation clips from a ligated vessel. The remover includes a handle assembly having a squeezable trigger and a slender barrel assembly connected to the handle assembly. A clip separating mechanism is connected to a distal end of the barrel assembly, and a shaft is slidably disposed in the barrel assembly for operating the clip separating mechanism when the trigger is squeezed.
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Helme Daniel
Keller John W.
American Cyanamid Company
Schmidt Jeffrey A.
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