Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1998-05-05
1999-12-14
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606170, A61B 1732
Patent
active
060011149
ABSTRACT:
An operative instrument for endoscopic surgery which can be used in combination with a normal, straight trocar. The operative instrument for endoscopic surgery includes a jacket tube (11), which is formed from an elastic tubular member to normally maintains a curved shape and can be elastically deformed to be insertable into a straight, cylindrical trocar (1), a manipulating shaft (27), which is elastic, has a distal end operative member (24) connected to the distal end thereof for performing a treatment within the body, and is passed through the jacket tube (11), and a manipulating part (30), which is connected to the proximal side of the jacket tube (11) for manipulating the distal end operative member (24) via manipulating shaft (27).
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Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Buiz Michael
Truong Kevin
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