Surgical instrument

Details Surgical instrument Surgical instrument

1995-07-21

1997-04-08

Buiz, Michael Powell

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

606174, 606205, 128751, A61B 1700

Patent

active

056182945

ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument includes a handle, a first stem section having a longitudinal axis and extending from the handle, and a tissue engaging member for engaging tissue. A second stem section, connected between the first stem section and the tissue engaging member, has a portion which is bendable and supports the tissue engaging member for movement between a plurality of orientations relative to the axis and to the first stem section. The surgical instrument includes a system for bending the bendable portion of the second stem section to change the orientation of the tissue engaging member relative to the axis and to the first stem section from a first orientation to a second orientation. The bendable portion of the second stem section includes a member for enabling bending movement of the bendable portion to locate the tissue engaging member at the same angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the first stem section at more than one location along the length of the bendable portion.

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A copy of an EPO Search Report dated Jul. 26, 1995.
A copy of an EPO Search Report dated Sep. 1, 1995.

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