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Tissue grasping device
Assignee: SUGAR SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES Inc
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Filing: 1995-11-13
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Granted: 1998-03-03
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Expires: 2015-11-13
Abstract
Abstract A tissue grasping device is disclosed having a distal end and a proximal end and a central axis extending from end to end. Three tissue engaging tines are located at the distal end, two of which are rotatable, and one of which is spaced from the other two and slidable lengthwise of the plicator. The tines are parallel to one another and to the main axis of the plicator. An actuating mechanism in the form of a rack and pinion mechanism rotate the rotatable tines relative to one another, to grip a portion of the tissue. The non-rotatable tines space the portion of the tissue being operated on from the rotatable tine. A knob mechanism is employed at the proximal end of the plicator to slide the non-rotatable tine lengthwise of the device to position it in and out of its operating position.
Inventors
- 👤 David J. Sugarbaker
- 👤 Andy H. Levine
- 👤 Nicholas F. Warner
- 👤 Eric E. May
- 👤 Lawrence Crainich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:53
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/00234; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B17/2909; A61B2017/2912; A61B2017/2923; A61B2017/2926; A61B2017/2932; A61B2017/2944
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A surgical device comprising: a tissue manipulating mechanism having a proximal end and a distal end; at least two rotatable, parallel, tissue engaging tines extending from the distal end of the mechanism and movable in arcs toward and away from each other in parallelism; a non-rotatable tine extendable from the distal end in a linear path parallel to the movable tines; an extending mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the non-rotatable tine for moving the non-rotatable tine toward and away from the distal end parallel with the rotatable tines; and an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the movable tines for moving the movable tines in arcs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A surgical device comprising: a tissue manipulating mechanism having a proximal end and a distal end; at least two rotatable, parallel, tissue engaging tines extending from the distal end of the mechanism and movable in arcs toward and away from each other in parallelism; a non-rotatable tine extendable from the distal end in a linear path parallel to the movable tines; an extending mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the non-rotatable tine for moving the non-rotatable tine toward and away from the distal end parallel with the rotatable tines; and an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the movable tines for moving the movable tines in arcs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein the actuating mechanism is manually operated gears.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A surgical device according to claim 1, wherein the extending mechanism is a manually operated push-pull device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
101 words
A surgical device comprising: a tissue manipulating mechanism having a central axis, a proximal end and a distal end; at least one, rotatable, tissue engaging tine extending from the distal end and movable in an arc in parallelism with the axis; a non-rotatable tine movable linearly from the proximal end toward and away from the distal end in parallelism with the axis; and an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to said rotatable tine for rotating said non-rotatable tine in an arc toward and away from the non-rotatable tine for releasably gripping and manipulating tissue.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
101 words
A surgical device comprising: a tissue manipulating mechanism having a central axis, a proximal end and a distal end; at least one, rotatable, tissue engaging tine extending from the distal end and movable in an arc in parallelism with the axis; a non-rotatable tine movable linearly from the proximal end toward and away from the distal end in parallelism with the axis; and an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to said rotatable tine for rotating said non-rotatable tine in an arc toward and away from the non-rotatable tine for releasably gripping and manipulating tissue.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A surgical device according to claim 4, wherein the actuating mechanism is manually operated gears.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
137 words
A surgical device comprising: a tissue manipulating mechanism having a central axis, a proximal end and a distal end; at least two rotatable, tissue engaging tines extending from the distal end and movable in arcs in parallelism with the axis and with each other; a non-rotatable tine movable linearly from the proximal end toward and away from the distal end in parallelism with the axis; an extending mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the non-rotatable tine for moving the non-rotatable tine toward and away from the distal end parallel with the rotatable tines; and an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the rotatable tines for rotating said rotatable tines in arcs toward and away from the non-rotatable tine for releasably gripping and manipulating tissue.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
137 words
A surgical device comprising: a tissue manipulating mechanism having a central axis, a proximal end and a distal end; at least two rotatable, tissue engaging tines extending from the distal end and movable in arcs in parallelism with the axis and with each other; a non-rotatable tine movable linearly from the proximal end toward and away from the distal end in parallelism with the axis; an extending mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the non-rotatable tine for moving the non-rotatable tine toward and away from the distal end parallel with the rotatable tines; and an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the manipulating mechanism and connected to the rotatable tines for rotating said rotatable tines in arcs toward and away from the non-rotatable tine for releasably gripping and manipulating tissue.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A surgical device according to claim 6, wherein the actuating mechanism is manually operated gears.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A surgical device according to claim 6, wherein the extending mechanism is a manually operated push-pull device.
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