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8182492 Medical instrument, especially uterus manipulator  
A medical instrument, especially a uterus manipulator, comprises a shaft, an actuator movable relative to said shaft in order to move a tool and a locking device to lock the actuator relative to...
8182478 Electrosurgical instrument and type series for electrosurgical instruments  
The invention relates to a bipolar electrosurgical instrument comprising a handle and a tool head. In the case of bipolar instruments, at least two mutually separate conducting paths must be...
8092489 Tissue grasping apparatus  
A tissue grasping apparatus includes a control member, an elongated shaft, and a tissue grasping member attached to the distal end of the elongated shaft. An activation mechanism provides an...
RE43049 Rigidly-linked articulating wrist with decoupled motion transmission  
The present invention is a device having a rigidly linked jaw that is decoupled from an articulating wrist. The device provides for articulating motion as well as actuation that may be used in...
8084125 Non-curling polyhydroxyalkanoate sutures  
Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with improved handling properties have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of...
8070771 Ambidextrous locking clamp system  
An ambidextrous locking clamp system for providing a user the ability to use the right or left hand to engage and disengage a ratcheting means on the clamp. The locking clamp has a hingedly...
8070770 Iris valve with novel locking mechanism  
A laparoscopic surgical access device comprises a first frame and a second frame having relative axial positions. A flexible and resilient iris valve is connected to the first and second frames and...
8066721 Surgical clip application assembly  
An apparatus for the transoral invagination and fundoplication of the stomach to the esophagus includes a clip applier having sharp toothed jaws for grasping and damaging the fundus prior to...
8057508 Surgical instrument incorporating an electrically actuated articulation locking mechanism  
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including an articulation mechanism in an elongate shaft that incorporates an electrically actuated...
8048106 Surgical instrument  
The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising a shank and a slide which is mounted so as to be slideable along the shank. At least one guide element guided in at least one longitudinal...
8002784 Manipulator  
A manipulator has a working unit in which when at least a first end effector finger and a second end effector finger are maximally closed on each other, at least the distance between a third joint...
7976563 Medical instrument  
The invention relates to a medical instrument having on its proximal end a shaft with a handle consisting of two gripping members and on its distal end a tool consisting of two jaw members and in...
7967748 Resiliently supported seal cap for hand assisted laparoscopic surgical procedures  
A laparoscopic disk assembly for a Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) procedure includes an exteriorly visible laparoscopic disk (seal cap) attached to a retractor skirt. The laparoscopic...
7935130 Two-piece end-effectors for robotic surgical tools  
In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical tool having opposing jaws, the working element of the robotic surgical tool is made of a different material from the drive element of the...
7896900 Medical instrument for grasping an object, in particular needle holder  
A medical instrument for grasping an object, in particular a surgical needle holder, including an elongated shaft, two jaw parts arranged at a distal end of the shaft, at least one of the jaw parts...
7883522 Minimal access lumbar diskectomy instrumentation and method  
A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable exposure along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the METRx and Endius...
7833243 Medical grasping and holding instrument  
The invention relates to a medical grasping and holding instrument with a handle consisting of two handgrips and with a holding portion that consists of at least two jaw members and can be...
7828798 Laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument  
A laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing tissue includes a handle having an elongated tube affixed thereto. The tube includes first and second jaw members having electrically...
7824425 Ambidextrous locking clamp system  
An ambidextrous locking clamp system for providing a user the ability to alter the configuration of a hand operated device allowing a right or left handed user to operate the device. The device has...
7819894 Manipulator with multiple degrees of freedom  
A bending forceps 1 has at least three degrees of freedom including relative opening/closing of a pair of gripping members 11a, 11b, rotation of both the gripping members around a first axis 15 and...
7758609 Ambidextrous locking clamp  
An ambidextrous locking clamp system for providing a user the ability to alter the configuration of a hand operated device allowing a right or left handed user to operate the device. The device has...
7736363 Hemostatic forceps for endoscope  
A hemostatic forceps for an endoscope has a support section for supporting the pair of clamp pieces and so that they can rotate and change their distal parts direction. The pair of clamp pieces and...
7727256 Grasper assembly  
The surgical instrument includes a shaft having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion; an operative device is disposed on the distal end portion. A hand mechanism has a first handle and a...
7722639 Surgical retraction device for removal of small organs  
A surgical device and tool for use in stabilizing tissue, such as an organ relative to a clamp, the surgical device having an elongate rigid member with a proximal end of the device having a...
7708757 Medical forceps  
A medical forceps has a shaft, a handle at the proximal end of the shaft, which handle has at least one movable grip part which is pivotable about a pivot axis, at least one movable tool at the...
7686827 Magnetic closure mechanism for hemostat  
A hemostat includes a housing which has a shaft extending distally therefrom. The shaft has an end effector assembly distally attached thereto. The hemostat also includes a pair of first and second...
7625391 Orthopaedic ratcheting forceps  
An orthopaedic ratcheting forceps, especially for fixation of fractures, comprises two handles, wherein a first catching element is mounted pivotally with one handle and wherein a complementary...
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,...
7559940 Surgical biting punch  
A surgical punch including an upper jaw and lower jaw that are coupled at their proximal ends. The jaws have cutting edges at their distal end configured to cut in a direction from the distal ends...
7556637 Forceps-like surgical element  
The invention relates to a forcep-like surgical element comprising lip profiles, which are provided at one end, can be guided in relation to one another, and which delimit a clamping mouth or form...
7534253 Clevis assemblies for medical instruments and methods of manufacture of same  
Embodiments of the invention relate to endoscopic instruments. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to features on the clevis portion of endoscopic instruments. The clevises may...
7517354 Medical instrument  
The invention relates to a medical instrument having a hollow shaft (2) and, positioned on its proximal end, a handle (3) consisting of at least two gripping members (3a, 3b) and, on its distal...
7470278 Medical gripping and/or retaining instrument  
The invention relates to a medical gripping and/or retaining instrument, in particular a needle holder, with a handle consisting of at least two handgrips and a retaining part that consists of at...
7404822 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument includes: grip handles (2, 3) which are articulated to each other around a fulcrum pin (4) so that the jaws can be moved from an open position to a closed position; and...
7393348 Two-part medical instrument  
A two-part medical instrument is proposed, comprising a first part having a peg and a second part having a peg receiver, wherein first part and second part are connected to one another by a peg/peg...
7377920 Laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument  
A laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing tissue includes a handle having an elongated tube affixed thereto. The tube includes first and second jaw members having electrically...
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) engages...
7318832 Surgical tool mechanism  
The mechanism is applicable to a surgical tool which has a jaw (57) pivotably mounted to a distal end of a longitudinally extending support (58). The jaw is operated by action on a rearwardly...
7318725 Dental pliers  
Dental pliers with two pliers parts, each respectively comprising one jaw of a pliers mouth and one lever arm of a pliers grip, the pliers parts pivotably connected with each other via a linkage....
7316703 Forceps for endoscope  
This invention reduces the amount by which members protrude to the outside of a forceps for endoscope that can perform an oscillating operation, and reduces the amount of contact between an...
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...
7278971 Endoscopic multiple biopsy forceps with swing member  
A method and apparatus for mucosal biopsy including a stationary base clevis component, upon which an open frame jaw is actuated rotationally to engage tissue and retract samples. A rack and pinion...
7241288 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument comprising a tube shaft at the proximal end of which an instrument head for rotatably supporting an effector is pivotably supported and at the distal end of which an...
7211100 Surgical implant instrument and method  
A surgical instrument suitable for use in an implant procedure is disclosed. A surgical instrument of the invention can be particularly advantageous for use in grasping, holding and placement of...
7207990 Laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument  
A laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument can apply a large closure force between its jaws without damaging the small yoke assembly. The instrument comprises: a first jaw having a first...
7186261 Medical forceps  
A medical forceps is provided with a tubular outer shank, on whose distal end there is formed a forceps jaw with two jaw parts. The two jaw parts are each rotatably mounted on the outer shank at...
7153321 Surgical forceps  
A surgical forceps has blades of arcuate shape and handles which are urged apart by springs on a guide blade which mounts the blades by a pivot joint. The guide blade projects below the blades....
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...
7041118 Multifunctional surgical operation device  
A multifunctional surgical operation device comprises clips serving as a plurality of surgical operation tools, a plurality of manipulating wires interlocked with the plurality of clips, the...
7014649 Medical instrument  
The invention relates to a medical instrument with a shaft having on its proximal end a handle consisting of two gripping members and on its distal end a tool consisting of two jaw members that can...
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