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Multiple purpose forceps
Assignee: NuSurg Medical Inc
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Filing: 1993-01-26
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Granted: 1994-04-05
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Expires: 2013-01-26
Abstract
Abstract A multiple purpose medical forceps allows for simultaneous grasping of tissue while lasing, irrigating, suctioning and cauterizing. The forceps includes a laser fiber and irrigation and suction catheters contained within a tubular housing and exiting adjacent a pair of jaws. The forceps is insertable through a cannula into a patient's abdomen for use during a laparascopy, or into any other bodily cavity where scopic surgery may be performed.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis J. Knoepfler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:30
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B18/22; A61B18/24; A61B17/00; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1402; A61B18/1442; A61B2017/2926; A61B2017/2932; A61B2017/2939; A61B2018/00053; A61B2018/00059; A61B2018/00071; A61B2018/00083; A61B18/1206; A61B2018/1246; A61B2018/126; A61B2018/2238; A61B2217/00; A61B2217/002; A61B2217/005; A61B2217/007; A61B2218/00; A61B2218/001; A61B2218/002; A61B2218/007; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S604/00; Y10S604/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A surgical device comprising a jaw pair attached to means for actuating said jaw pair, said jaw pair comprising a first fixed jaw element and a second movable jaw element, said second movable jaw element being pivotally connected to said first fixed jaw element, one of said jaw elements having an irrigation and suction catheter passing partially therethrough, said one of said jaw elements further including at least two serrated teeth with a void therebetween communicating with a cavity beneath said teeth and within said one of said jaw elements, wherein said catheter is operable to irrigate and suction through said cavity and between said teeth, said one of said jaw elements further including a passage which hits said one of said jaw elements at a forward tip thereof and which communicates with said cavity, wherein said catheter is operable to irrigate and suction through said cavity and said passage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A surgical device comprising a jaw pair attached to means for actuating said jaw pair, said jaw pair comprising a first fixed jaw element and a second movable jaw element, said second movable jaw element being pivotally connected to said first fixed jaw element, one of said jaw elements having an irrigation and suction catheter passing partially therethrough, said one of said jaw elements further including at least two serrated teeth with a void therebetween communicating with a cavity beneath said teeth and within said one of said jaw elements, wherein said catheter is operable to irrigate and suction through said cavity and between said teeth, said one of said jaw elements further including a passage which hits said one of said jaw elements at a forward tip thereof and which communicates with said cavity, wherein said catheter is operable to irrigate and suction through said cavity and said passage.
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