Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Patent
1996-06-10
1998-07-07
Jackson, Gary
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
606139, 606147, A61B 1704
Patent
active
057761507
ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument including a handle, an end effector including jaws, an elongated tube connecting the handle to the end effector, a connector within the tube connecting the handle to the jaw members; and a first slot in the first jaw and a second slot in the jaw wherein the first and second slots are arranged such that only a portion of the slots overlap when the first and second jaws are closed to create a hole in the jaw which may be used for positioning a suture in the tissue. The first slot in the first jaw extends to a side of the first jaw and the second slot in the second jaw extends to a side of the second jaw creating pathways for removing the suture when the jaws are opened. The surgical instrument may also include a retractable tying pin adjacent the end effector and a knot pusher at the distal end of the end effector. A method of using the surgical instrument described above includes closing the first and second jaws on tissue; passing a surgical needle with a suture attached thereto through the overlapping portion of the first and second slots; opening the first and second jaws and releasing the suture by passing the suture through the first and the second slots.
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"Ojigi Tying Spatula: A Newly Developed Movable Spatula for Laparoscopic Ligation" Daijo Hashimoto, Sarder Abdun Nayeem, Shuji Kajiwara, Takanobu Hoshino, and Tsuneo Fukuyo Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 459-461, .COPYRGT. 1993 Raven Press, Ltd., New York.
Measamer John P.
Nolan Leo J.
Staley, Jr. James D.
Welch Robert F.
Ethicon Endo - Surgery, Inc.
Jackson Gary
Shay Bernard
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