Surgical gripper

Details Surgical gripper Surgical gripper

2006-04-28

2010-12-21

Manahan, Todd E (Department: 3734)

Surgery

Instruments

Forceps

C606S139000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07854749

ABSTRACT:
A surgical gripper includes a gripping section opened/closed to grip an object to be gripped and an operation section which opens/closes the gripping section, wherein the gripping section is configured to be opened/closed by the operation section to take a gripping mode of gripping the object to be gripped so that treatment is performed by the object to be gripped, an adjusting mode of gripping the object to be gripped by a gripping force lower than that of the gripping mode so that an arrangement of the object to be gripped is adjusted while the object to be gripped is held, and a releasing mode of releasing the object to be gripped.

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