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US4985030A
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Bipolar coagulation instrument
Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH
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Filing: 1990-04-18
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Granted: 1991-01-15
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Expires: 2010-04-18
Abstract
Abstract The bipolar coagulating instrument has an outer barrel whose distal end is provided with two halves of a first jaw member, said halves being angled relative to the longitudinal axis and being spaced apart from one another. An inner barrel is similarly provided with a second jaw member, which also has halves obliquely angled relative to the longitudinal axis and spaced apart from one another. The second jaw member is axially displaceable towards the first jaw member. At least one of the two jaw members has recesses which are connected to a distally open end of an irrigation passage in the inner barrel. A cutting forceps or the like can be passed through a channel in the inner barrel and through the gap between the two sets of jaw member halves.
Inventors
- 👤 Andreas Melzer
- 👤 Markus Naruhn
- 👤 Karl Kipfmuller
- 👤 H. D. Reidenbach
- 👤 Gerd Buess
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 12:56
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1442; A61B18/1402; A61B17/00; A61B17/34; A61B17/3417; A61B17/3421; A61B2017/3445; A61B2018/145; A61M; A61M3/00; A61M3/02; A61M3/0279
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A bipolar coagulation instrument suitable for use with a mediastinoscope and a cutting instrument, and comprising: (a) an outer barrel having a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis; (b) an inner barrel situated within the outer barrel and having an internal longitudinal channel and a distal end; (c) a first jaw member comprising two halves at the distal end of the outer barrel, the two halves being angled relative to the longitudinal axis and being spaced apart from one another; (d) a second jaw member displaceable relative to the first jaw member along the longitudinal axis and comprising two halves at the distal end of the inner barrel, the two halves being angled relative to the longitudinal axis and being spaced apart from one another; (e) at least one recess provided in at least one of the first and second jaw members and connected to an irrigation channel; (f) wherein the first and second jaw members define two sets of jaw member halves, which sets are spaced apart from one another to define a gap, the gap being capable of receiving at least a part of the cutting instrument passed through the channel in the inner barrel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A bipolar coagulation instrument suitable for use with a mediastinoscope and a cutting instrument, and comprising: (a) an outer barrel having a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis; (b) an inner barrel situated within the outer barrel and having an internal longitudinal channel and a distal end; (c) a first jaw member comprising two halves at the distal end of the outer barrel, the two halves being angled relative to the longitudinal axis and being spaced apart from one another; (d) a second jaw member displaceable relative to the first jaw member along the longitudinal axis and comprising two halves at the distal end of the inner barrel, the two halves being angled relative to the longitudinal axis and being spaced apart from one another; (e) at least one recess provided in at least one of the first and second jaw members and connected to an irrigation channel; (f) wherein the first and second jaw members define two sets of jaw member halves, which sets are spaced apart from one another to define a gap, the gap being capable of receiving at least a part of the cutting instrument passed through the channel in the inner barrel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
An instrument according to claim 1, wherein the first jaw member is releasably secured to the distal end of the outer barrel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
An instrument according to claim 2, wherein the first jaw member includes a sleeve having a proximal end, which end is provided with at least one tongue defined by at least one longitudinal slot, the tongue having an internal annular ridge being releasably engaged in a complementary annular groove in the outer barrel.
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