Surgical cutting device

Details Surgical cutting device Surgical cutting device

1993-08-23

1995-05-23

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band

606157, 606170, A61B 1700

Patent

active

054177022

ABSTRACT:
A cutting device for a surgical instrument, especially for a laparoscopic instrument, for the cutting of binding element, such as ligature binders, surgical suture material, etc. or of other objects is described, the end-piece which is to be out off of the object being drawn in by the instrument until a thicker section of the object, such as the headpiece of a ligature binder or a knot in surgical suture materials, etc., reaches the vicinity of the instrument head. The cutting device has a cutting part arranged at the instrument head, the cutting edge of the cutting part being moved essentially transversely through the end-piece by an actuation part engaging at the thicker section upon the continued drawing-in of the end-piece which is severed when a pre-set force is exceeded.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4648415 (1987-03-01), Yuan
patent: 4847994 (1989-07-01), Dunn
patent: 5196022 (1993-03-01), Bilweis
patent: 5242459 (1993-09-01), Buelna

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