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7588585 Handleless clamping device  
The present invention relates to surgical clamps and clamp devices that provide a handle-free surgical field. The clamp jaws may be opened or closed by a rotationally or translationally moveable...
7569067 Insertion instrument for cervical prostheses  
An insertion instrument for a multi-part intervertebral endoprosthesis includes two closure plates and a sliding core arranged between these, said insertion instrument having a handgrip part,...
7473266 Collet-based delivery system  
A delivery device for implanting a medical device including a flexible elongate member that is sized and shaped to fit within a body vessel. A collet is located at a first end of the flexible...
7458966 Medical instrument  
The invention relates to a medical instrument, in particular an endoscopic instrument, with an instrument shaft, a tool positioned on the distal end of the instrument shaft, and a handle, which can...
7452329 Retractor for operations on the arteria haemorroidalis  
The invention describes a disposable device for operations on the arteria haemorroidalis, which comprises a retractor tube ( 1 ), closed and rounded on the end ( 101 ) which is inserted in the anal...
7434716 Staple driver for articulating surgical stapler  
An articulating surgical instrument is provided including a handle, an articulating portion extending distally of the handle and an end effector positioned on a distal end of the articulating...
7377933 Surgical instrument  
Surgical instrument which has a main part ( 10 ) with a shaft ( 12 ) and a fixed handle part ( 14 ), on which a moveable handle part ( 20 ) is supported pivotably. The pivotable handle part ( 20 )...
7373219 Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery  
Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is...
7314479 Space-creating retractor with vessel manipulator  
An instrument for manipulating a vessel in a patient includes a cannula having a lumen for providing insufflation to create a working space in the tissue of a patient, and a first manipulator for...
7300450 Surgical instrument  
The invention relates to an instrument for surgery, in particular minimally invasive surgery. The instrument includes means for feeding back a force which is exerted on the working element of the...
7294140 Device for holding trocar sleeves  
A device for holding a trocar sleeve in its position of engagement in the body of a patient has clamping jaws which in the closed position define an opening and which can be placed about the...
7294139 Controlled - motion endoscopic grasping instrument  
An improved controlled-motion instrument is provided for grasping, holding or otherwise manipulating an object in operations such as endoscopic procedures. The instrument opens and closes jaws or...
7288103 Link device for surgical tool and surgical tool  
In a link device for surgical tool and a surgical tool suitable for used with an endoscope, the diameter of an insertion section can be made narrow. A multi-free forceps (surgical tool) is used as...
7195631 Forceps with spring loaded end effector assembly  
An endoscopic forceps for treating tissue includes a handle assembly having a elongated shaft extending therefrom which is movable relative to the handle assembly by an actuator. The forceps also...
7169156 Suture grasping device  
A device for snaring cord-like objects is provided. The device comprises a hollow shaft having a pointed distal end, a rod having a pair of wires attached to its distal end, the wires being spring...
7131977 Apparatus and method for removing a clip  
An endoscopic apparatus includes a pair of jaws pivotably connected to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position. The jaws have respective opposing gripper portions....
7118528 Hemorrhoids treatment method and associated instrument assembly including anoscope and cofunctioning tissue occlusion device  
A surgical instrument assembly for the treatment of hemorrhoids includes an anoscope and a hemorrhoid occlusion device. The anoscope includes a hollow body closed at a distal end and at least...
7105000 Surgical jaw assembly with increased mechanical advantage  
A flexible clip applier includes a ratchet mechanism adapted to locate a clip pusher to a known location after deployment of a distalmost clip. In addition, the clip applier includes a flexible...
7101363 Medical manipulator having a plurality of joints  
A manipulator for medical use having a reduced size and improved controllability. The manipulator includes a surgical tool portion, a grip portion provided on the surgical tool portion, and a...
7087071 Articulating endoscopic surgical apparatus  
A surgical instrument is provided for use in endoscopic or laparoscopic procedures. The instrument includes a handle portion, an endoscopic portion extending from the handle portion, an...
7056329 Laparoscopic direct vision dissecting port  
A laparoscopic direct vision dissecting port for providing safe entry into a body cavity, as well as being operative to serve as a standard laparoscopic port for use in laparoscopic surgery. The...
7041113 Minimal invasive endoscopic methods and apparatus for harvesting blood vessels  
A blood vessel in a patient is severed by inserting a shaft through an incision in the patient, the shaft carrying first and second clamps. The first and second clamps are closed against the vessel...
7018328 Tissue stabilizer  
A tissue stabilizer is disclosed that comprises a malleable planer foot integrated into a flexible membrane and is useful for stabilizing tissue such as the heart while performing surgery thereon....
7001382 Electrosurgical coagulating and cutting instrument  
An electrosurgical coagulating and cutting instrument employing pairs of clamping arms having wrist portions proximal to closing ramps and jaws and configured to close at their wrists first, then...
6976992 Dual-function medical instrument  
A dual-use medical instrument is disclosed. In one embodiment, the instrument has a first handle pivotally attached to a second handle through a mortise and tenon joint to define opposing jaws at...
6939353 Variable composite sheath with interrupted sections  
A medical device includes a handle, a sheath, and an object-engaging unit. The distal end portion of the sheath is strong enough to resist being deformed by the object-engaging unit, yet another...
6913613 Surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgical interventions  
A surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgery includes a hollow shank with an actuating device arranged at the one end thereof and a bendable instrument tip arranged at the other end. The...
6863679 Paired forceps  
Two pairs of forceps, each pair having an inner leg and an outer leg, are connected together so that a surgeon can insert a forefinger between the inner legs of the two pairs and operate both pairs...
6860894 Laparoscopic lifter apparatus and method  
A surgical instrument, mainly a laparoscopic organ lifter apparatus and method comprising a flexible arm component having a first manipulating bilateral handle with a central element securing a...
6853879 Medical manipulator and method of controlling the same  
A medical master/slave manipulator is excellent in operability and capable of reducing burden on the operator. The medical master/slave manipulator includes a master unit provided with an operation...
6764499 Medical device handle  
A replaceable handle for side loading the proximal end of a medical device therein, which is typically inserted with the operating lumen of an endoscope. The replaceable handle can side-load the...
6746471 Transventricular implant tools and devices  
A method and implantation tools for placing a transventricular splint including a tension member. The method includes gaining access to the patient's hearts and identifying entry or exit points for...
6733514 Jaw assembly for endoscopic instruments  
A jaw mechanism for an endoscopic instrument is provided. The mechanism includes a drive rod having at least one boss radially protruding from a distal portion of the drive rod. A portion of the...
6730076 Fiberoptic probe tip  
A probe tip having a surgical tool manufactured from a light transmissive material. Such a construction eliminates the need for a separate fiberoptic and surgical tool. If desired, the probe tip...
6673092 Medical forceps with two independently moveable jaw parts  
A medical forceps is provided with two independently moveable jaw parts at the distal end. The forceps comprise a shaft with two rods extending axially therein, the rods being arranged adjacent to...
6673078 Surgical wire and pin extractor  
The medical instrument disclosed includes a pair of jaws which are clamped to an end of a surgical wire or pin. The jaws are pressed together, not by the usual Jacobs' chuck arrangement, but by the...
6669696 Bipolar medical instrument  
A bipolar medical instrument comprises a tubular shaft and two jaw parts. The jaw parts are arranged movably, one relative to the other, at the distal end of the tubular shaft and coupled one with...
6666876 Forceps and manipulator with using thereof  
A forceps, comprising: a pair of forceps members, being able to open or close at one end, so as to put an object between them, and being supported at the other end thereof; a driving wire for...
6656176 Vessel harvesting retractor with integral electrosurgical clamping elements  
An endoscopic vessel harvesting device and a method of endoscopic harvesting of vessels from a patients body. The method comprises locating the vessel, and inserting the vessel harvesting device...
6648902 Fiberoptic lighting accessory  
A lighting accessory stem using fiberoptic illumination is provided. In certain embodiments, the lighting accessory system is combinable with a hand tool, for example a forceps, to illuminate the...
6635071 Surgical grasping and holding forceps  
A surgical grasping and holding forceps has a shaft, at least two mouth parts and a grip. A mechanism for opening and closing the mouth parts is in working engagement with the grip. The mechanism...
6616683 Method of making miniaturized surgical forceps  
Miniature surgical forceps are formed from a one-piece tubular member by opposed longitudinal channels machined in a distal end thereof so as to establish a radially opposed pair of unitary forceps...
6605104 Grasping forceps for endoscope  
A grasping forceps for an endoscope according to the present invention comprises a flexible insertion section, an operating wire passing through said insertion section and adapted to be advanced...
6547805 Surgical instrument and connector for permitting independent assembly and disassembly of a mobile cutting element and a mobile grip from a fixed body of the instrument  
A connecting device for a surgical instrument having at least one mobile cutting element which is reciprocally movable relative to a fixed jaw by operation of a resiliently loaded mobile grip...
6520979 Linking device for surgical instrument  
The invention concerns a linking device for a surgical instrument ( 1 ) comprising an axis of rotation ( 6 ) including angular indexing means for limiting the mobile handle ( 5 ) travel about the...
6506209 Endoscopic foreign body retrieving tool  
Each of foreign body catching arms 3 has an intermediate curved portion 3 a formed midway which, upon contact with the inner peripheral surface of sheath 1 , undergoes elastic deformation such...
6488695 Ophthalmologic surgical probe  
A probe having an actuation handle made from springy material having a memory. Squeezing the handle causing the actuation device to elongate, thereby causing movement in the probe tip. The probe...
6458145 Intra vascular snare and method of forming the same  
The intravascular snare is formed with a central shaft which is attached to the proximal ends of a plurality of loops. The loops are connected together at joinder points spaced from both the distal...
6425910 Forceps, in particular biopsy forceps  
Forceps instrument comprising a sheath having a first end and an elongated maneuvering element slidably disposed in the first end of said sheath. The sheath has an axis. The instrument comprises...
6364846 Treating tool for an endoscope  
A treating tool for use in combination with an endoscope includes a sheath with a biopsy treating section provided at its distal end and adapted to be rotated with the treating section as one unit,...
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