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5275615 Medical instrument having gripping jaws  
A medical instrument as a forcep with tissue-gripping jaws is disclosed herein having pivotal handles carried on an instrument body from which an elongated tube projects enclosing a push-pull rod....
5263968 Apparatus for removing piercing stud clasp  
The apparatus engages a piercing stud's clasp, then pushes the stud out of a locked position to ease removal of the clasp. Once out of the locked position, the wearer can pull the clasp and stud...
5261917 Suture tying forceps with a plurality of suture holders and method of tying a suture  
An instrument for facilitating the tying of a suture during a surgical procedure. The instrument has a body with a first structure for releasably holding a first portion of a suture and a second...
5257637 Method for suture knot placement and tying  
An instrument is provided for placing and tightening a knot tied in end lengths of a suture at desired body tissue through an access tube such as a cannula. The instrument includes an elongated...
5254130 Surgical device  
A surgical device comprising (a) a tubular housing having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough, (b) a first elongate member extending through the longitudinal bore of the housing, and...
5250056 Forceps-type surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument having first and second cooperating jaws that are movable relative to each other selectively between open and closed positions, structure for normally urging the jaws from...
5250075 Bayonet sucker forceps  
Surgical forceps with integral suction are disclosed. The forceps include first and second elongated members movably interconnected so that the tips are juxtaposed for movement between spaced apart...
5250072 Surgical clamp jaw cover  
This relates to a cover for a jaw of a surgical clamp. The cover has an internal surface which is roughened so as to increase the frictional engagement of the interior surface of the cover with a...
5250074 Surgical instrument assembly and associated technique  
A surgical instrument assembly comprises an elongate member provided at a distal end with a clamping member having a pair of opposed jaws. Each of the jaws includes an elongate substantially linear...
5241968 Single acting endoscopic instruments  
Surgical instruments of the invention are provided with distal ends having a clevis and two discrete investment cast end effectors. One end effector is stationary relative to the clevis, and the...
5235966 Endoscopic retractor  
The invention relates to an endoscopic retractor suitable for use in laporoscopic surgery to retract, separate, and expose different tissues, organs and viscera, in manner similar to conventional...
5222962 Endoscopic surgical instrument for releasably grasping a curved needle  
An endoscopic surgical instrument for releasably grasping a curved needle, the instrument employing a handle at a first end of a shaft, the handle for operating a set of opposed jaws at a second...
5217007 Speculum for forming an ostomy in a trachea  
A speculum for forming an ostomy in a trachea. The speculum includes a pair of opposing, pivotally interconnected elongated members and respective distal nose portions extending distally from the...
5217464 Three bar cross action lens implantation forceps  
An apparatus for intraocular implantation of a plastic lens in the eye lens zone from which a natural lens has been removed via a surgical incision in the corneoscleral limbus comprising a surgical...
5215101 Sharply angled kelly (Jacobs's) clamp  
A Jacobs type curved clamping or dissector element for a disposable laparoscopic instrument is provided. The Jacobs' type end effectors generally comprises first and second pivotally mounted...
5209755 Dermal exciser  
A skin cutter instrument for excising ellipsoid-shaped samples of skin from a patient is disclosed. The skin cutter has a hollow tube, a spring and rod combination within the tube, an assembly with...
5207702 Method and apparatus for handling hygroscopic dilators  
A method and apparatus for handling hygroscopic dilators having an elongated configuration with a rounded eyelet forming a hole at one end thereof, the method employing forceps having scissors-like...
5203785 Laparoscopic hook scissors  
Hook scissors end effectors are provided for a laparoscopic instrument. The hook scissors end effectors generally comprise first and second blades, with at least one of the blades pivotally...
5201752 Cholecystectomy dissector instrument  
A specialty surgical instrument for engaging, spreading and removing tissue surrounding an exposed cystic duct and artery in an endo cholecystectomy dissection procedure is provided by this...
5201759 Laparoscopic instrument  
A laparoscopic instrument includes an elongated member having two pairs of jaws with each pair being movable between open and closed positions. Finger grips are operably connected to each pair of...
5196023 Surgical needle holder and cutter for an endo-suture, endo-ligature or the like  
A surgical instrument capable of being used to guide a thread inside a body and to cut the thread comprises a forceps jaw having first and second opposed surfaces each provided with a serrated...
5178622 Instrument for implanting a soft intraocular lens  
The inventive instrument is an improvement in a surgical instrument of the type having fingers to grasp a soft, foldable intraocular lens (IOL) for implantation in a human eye following removal of...
5176700 Laparoscopic sponger-dissector forceps  
This invention provides an improved surgical instrument, namely sponger-dissector forceps particularly adapted for laparoscopic intra-abdominal surgery such as gall bladder removal. Thus, sponges...
5176699 Surgical device with double jaw actuation  
A surgical device having a pair of slidably interlocking spring biased upper and lower shaft members. A grasping handle is associated with one end of the interlocking shaft members for grasping the...
5176701 Medical forceps instrument for implanting intraocular lenses  
Elongated generally horizontal blades are spaced apart vertically and have proximate handle end portions and distal grasping end portions. By manipulation of the handle end portions, the grasping...
5172700 Disposable biopsy forceps  
A disposable biopsy forceps includes an elongate tubular member having proximal and distal ends. Manually operated actuating means is mounted to the proximal end of the flexible tubular member. A...
5147380 Biopsy forceps device having improved locking means  
A biopsy forceps device is presented herein having improved locking means for locking the forceps in a closed condition. This includes an elongated flexible hollow body portion having a lumen...
5133724 Abdominal aortic clamp  
A vascular clamp for temporary occlusion in the infrarenal region of the abdominal aorta during performance of surgery associated with abdominal aneurysms. Pivoted handles are operatively connected...
5122130 Forceps for inserting intervertebral device  
A spreading forceps (9) which has, at its front end on each spreading jaw (10, 11), an essentially U-shaped recess surrounding one stop plate on three sides and gripping the edge, the thickness of...
5116347 Tick remover for people and animals  
A simple hand-held implement for removing ticks and other ectoparasites or small undesirable objects from the cutaneous areas and clothing of humans and animals.
5071428 Method and apparatus for providing intrapericardial access and inserting intrapericardial electrodes  
Intrapericardial access is provided by clamping the wall of the pericardium between elongate jaw elements carrying axially aligned tubular guides and passing a guide wire through the guides and the...
5059198 Gynecological tenaculum  
A new Tenaculum for gripping the human uterine cervix presses it against an inserted medical instrument such as the sheath of a hysteroscope. The new tenaculum has a pair of movable extension...
5059214 Surgical forceps  
The surgical forceps are composed of two movably interconnected halves (1,2). Each of said halves terminates in an oblong jaw (4,5) having an effective portion (8) with a compressing surface...
5019092 Liver transplant clamp  
A vascular clamp particularly suitable for use in liver transplant surgery. The free ends of pivoted handles arch toward each other and connect to the middle of elongate curved jaws which lie in...
5014407 Tube expanding device  
A tool for expanding elastic tubes which may then be placed around wires or cables. The tool includes three arms terminating in three parallel, elongated tips. Two of the arms are pivotally...
5011491 Surgical forceps  
A surgical forceps comprises two blades, each of which having a handle with a circular rest for fingers and a lock, and a jaw, incorporating a shank made integral with the handle, and a plate...
5007920 Tendon sectioning support clamp  
A tendon or other smooth muscle support clamp which separates to pass around the tissue to be operated upon and supports said tissue by surrounding it on three sides by the walls and bottom of a...
5002554 Microscissors device and anastomotic repair technique  
A microscissors device for us in microvascular end-to-side anastomosis, and an end-to-side vascular anastomotic repair technique are disclosed. The microscissors device standardizes the excision in...
4976723 Specimen excision forceps  
The invention concerns a surgical instrument, in particular an endoscopic specimen excision forceps wherein the forceps mouth (3) is formed by two or more forceps legs (1, 2). The forceps legs are...
4955896 Universal medical forcep tool  
This invention relates to a universal medical forcep tool having a main body portion for receiving a replaceable grasping portion having grasping tips and respective support handles on which the...
4955897 Tissue forceps  
Tissue forceps for grasping tissue includes a first arm having first and second ends and a second arm having first and second ends. The first end of the first and second arms are coupled together....
4950281 Everting forceps  
A forceps for holding and everting vessels in an anastomosis procedure includes three cooperating jaws mounted at the ends of respective relatively movable legs. The legs can be independently...
4950275 Bowel-anastomosis-ring holder pincers  
The invention relates to Bowel-Anastomosis-Ring holder pincers having two pivotally connected arms and a terminal head portion, angled with respect to said arms, wherein said head portion has two...
4944739 Bone gripping fixation clamp  
A pliers-like clamping device having offset bone gripping plates temporarily grips and clamps together two bone segments above and below as diagonal cut at an osteotomy site. The device includes a...
4944741 Laproscopic instrument with pivotable support arm  
A surgical instrument having an elongated stem with first and second jaws selectively movable towards and away from each other between open and closed positions, an arm with an elongate edge...
4940454 Hygienic swab-type device with extender handle cover  
A hygienic swab-type device usable for cleansing or as a medical applicator is provided by compact tongs with a cover which functions as a scabbard or housing when the tongs are not in use and in...
4938214 Hand held surgical tool  
Disclosed is a microsurgical tool for use in microsurgery having a central cylindrical body which can be rotated by a surgeon. The body includes first and second portions joined at a closed end,...
4896661 Multi purpose orthopedic ratcheting forceps  
A forceps for use in orthopedic surgical procedures having readily interchangeable tip elements and a reversible ratchet mechanism, for controlling the tip elements. A variety of tips for...
4872456 Template incision device  
A device for use in laser surgery has a first jaw and a second jaw pivotable to engage the first jaw to clamp tissue therebetween. The first and second jaws may be manually pivoted and secured...
4834090 Suture boot  
A disposable suture boot for use on surgical instruments to provide a non-slip covering for the instruments end which is interconnected by a thin band of material. The suture boot is comprised of a...
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