Surgical instrument

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a surgical instrument. This instrument, which comprises a body (1), two jaws which are fixed (2) and movable (4), means (6) for controlling the jaws (2, 4), means (40) for clamping the jaws (2, 4) one on the other, means (32, 36) for clipping tissues of an organ and means (62) for cutting this organ, is characterised in that the jaws (2, 4) are mounted in articulation relative to one another at the front end of the body (1) of the instrument, the means (6) for controlling the jaws emerging at the rear end of the body (1) so as to be accessible to a surgeon when the instrument is introduced by sliding in a trocar tube (70). The invention applies to the ablation of organs by endoscopy. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Sker Jean-Rodolphe De Salis
• 👤 Christian Klaiber

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