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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6432118 | Multifunctional curved blade for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument The present invention relates, in general, to ultrasonic surgical clamping instruments and, more particularly, to a multifunctional curved shears blade for an ultrasonic surgical clamping instrument. Disclosed is an ultrasonic surgical instrument that com... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428530 | Grip of endoscopic instrument Described is a grip part of an endoscopic instrument with at least a movable control element for mechanical guidance of a tool unit mounted on the distal end of the shaft of the endoscopic instrument and a main body. The invention is distinguished in that the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425899 | Obstetric forceps Disclosed is an obstetric forceps for grasping a baby during childbirth, the forceps having blades which are approximately adapted to the shape of a baby's head, are made of a rigid material and have contact surfaces for grasping the baby's head, the cont... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6419640 | Multiple-specimen, endoscopic biopsy forceps A biopsy forceps for obtaining multiple tissue specimens of an organ through a biopsy channel of an endoscope is disclosed. The biopsy forceps comprises a tubular body, a central wire, a set of jaws, and an activating handle. The central wire is disposed ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419688 | Medical tubular-shaft instrument A medical tubular-shaft instrument has an elongated tubular shaft, at least one movable tool at the distal end, furthermore at least one movable grip element at the proximal end, and lastly an elongated force transmitting element. A distal end of the forc... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419675 | 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 their distal tips and lastly, their heels. The instrument i... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6409728 | Rotatable bipolar forceps A rotatable bipolar forceps for clamping and coagulating tissue includes a body portion and an electrode which is selectively removable from the body portion. The forceps further includes at least one handle attached to the body portion for imparting move... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409678 | Endoscopic biopsy forceps Endoscopic biopsy forceps that allows a non-deformed, high-quality tissue specimen to be readily collected from the correct target position. Needles that extend forward to project into a pair of forceps cups are offset from the center of said pair of forc... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6402773 | Tube connection structure for endoscope A tube connection structure for endoscope system for connecting a flexible tube with a connection member is provided with a rigid cylindrical member tightly inserted in an end portion of the flexible tube. The connection member is provided with an opening... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6394964 | Optical forceps system and method of diagnosing and treating tissue A biopsy forceps device is provided for obtaining tissue samples, or removing tissue for therapeutic reasons, at a site within a body, while maintaining access to the site through an access lumen of the biopsy forceps. The device includes an elongate tubu... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394805 | Dental crown remover with basket A dental device for removing a temporary or non-cemented crown. The device includes pliers-type handles for operating a corresponding pair of tips. The tips are equipped with grips for holding therebetween a temporary or non-cemented permanent crown. Fast... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391046 | Omni-actuatable hand-held surgical instruments Hand-held instruments which may be employed to actuate a distally mounted tool by application of radial compressive force about the instrument circumference (i.e., omni-actuatable). In preferred forms, hand-held instruments have a handle which includes an... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6391043 | Surgical device with same two co-operating elements for gripping and severing The invention relates to a device for carrying out surgical operations. The device includes a distal part, a middle part extending from the distal part, and a proximal part mounted on the middle part opposite to the distal part. A gripping element of the ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6371973 | Forceps useful for intrabody guiding and/or positioning of a medical instrument A forceps useful in intrabody positioning of a medical instrument or a device. The forceps comprises (a) a first arm including a first finger holding portion, a first pivot portion and a first tissue holding portion; and (b) a second arm including a secon... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6361563 | Radial head implant system including modular implant and modular radial head locking instrument A modular radial head system including a modular implant for replacing the head of the proximal end of a radius and for articulating with the capitellum of a humerus. The modular implant includes a modular head and an modular stem. The system further incl... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6358264 | Surgical instruments with movable member A surgical instrument includes a hollow shaft having an inner passage and a working piece at the distal end of the shaft. A movable member is pivotally mounted on the shaft in cooperative relationship to the working piece and a connecting element extends ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6358267 | Treatment tool for operation A treatment tool for operation comprises an insertion section (3) inserted into a living body, an operating section (5) including a fixed handle (6) removably connected to the base end side of the insertion section and a movable handle (77) adapted to ope... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6340365 | Dismountable medical instrument with a self-orienting coupling A medical instrument has several components and being disassemblable into said several components, one of said components being rotatable with respect to another of said several components by means of a rotary element arranged on said another of said seve... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6332888 | Finger-guided surgical instrument A finger-guided surgical instrument is described and includes (a) a thimble-like element being adapted to surround at least a portion of a surgeon's finger while at least partially exposing the ventral tactile portions of the distal phalanx thereof, so as... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6322579 | Sliding shaft surgical instrument A surgical sliding shaft instrument (10) comprising a guide element (12), which is provided with a carriage (14). It further includes a grip part element (16), which is comprised of a stationary grip part (18), one end of which is provided with a grip tru... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322578 | Endoscopic microsurgical instruments Microsurgical instruments for performing extremely small-scale, minimally-invasive microsurgery such as thoracoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting. The instruments utilize a symmetrical, forcep-like actuator which provides extremely precise actuation a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6319257 | Inserter assembly The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method of quickly and easily grasping and releasing a graft. The apparatus includes a sleeve with an opening through the axis of the sleeve. Within the opening of the sleeve is a shaft with a jaw on on... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6309404 | Flexible biopsy jaw assembly A biopsy forceps device encompassing integrally designed parts for opening and closing the cutting jaws of the device and reducing the number of individual parts in the entire device and having features which specifically reduce the number of parts involv... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309403 | Dexterous articulated linkage for surgical applications A surgical instrument includes an actuator, a tool, and a positioning apparatus. The positioning apparatus includes a gear link structure operably coupling the tool to the actuator for moving the tool in a first direction defining a first degree of freedo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6306155 | Capsulorhexis forceps and method of use A capsulorhexis forceps is described which includes a unique removable hub and handle. The hub allows the use of the forceps as a cystotome in addition to a forceps. The hub design comprises a coaxial wire inside a cannula which provides minimal trauma wh... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6299630 | Endoscopic procedural device An endoscopic procedural device of the present invention comprises an insert section that has an inside hole extending along its axial direction, and which has flexibility to enable its insertion through a forceps-channel of an endoscope, at least one ope... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6299625 | Handle for a medical instrument A handle for a medical instrument which has two jaw parts movable independently of one another has a handle body on which two handle elements, movable independently of one another, for selectable actuation of the jaw parts are arranged. Arranged at the pr... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6293954 | Surgical clamp with replaceable clamp members A jaw-type surgical clamp having replaceable clamp members is disclosed. The jaws are pivotally movable and include telescoping attachment portions and anti-rotation surfaces. The clamp members connect to the attachment portions and include anti-rotation ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290705 | Irrigating forceps A microsurgical forceps having a first handle and a second handle coupled to the first handle at a hinge point is disclosed. The first handle includes a cannula for transporting surgical fluid and a first jaw with an aperture for delivering the fluid. The... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283984 | Dural closing surgical forceps The present disclosure is directed to a surgical forceps for joining tissue on opposed sides of an incision including a pair of extension members, wherein each extension member includes tissue engaging projections at a distal end thereof and are dimension... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6261307 | Method of using surgical instrument with rotatably mounted offset end effector An instrument for operating on anatomical tissue includes a barrel having at least one shaft. An end is offset from the shaft. In an insertion position, the end effector is confined within the diametrical dimension of the barrel at a distal end thereof. A... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6261296 | Spinal disc space distractor A distractor for separating adjacent elements, such as vertebrae. The distractor preferably has a scissors-type distracting mechanism, either in a simple scissors or double-acting scissors configuration. Additionally, one or more of the blades, distractin... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6245085 | Endoscopic nippers Endoscopic surgery nippers have a proximal end body to which is detachably affixed the proximal end zone of a tube forming the nippers' shank, the end zone being detachably fixed in the axial position while rotatable about the axis of the end body. A grip... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6238414 | Laparoscopic instrument with parallel actuated jaws A surgical instrument including a handle assembly, and end effector mechanism including jaws, an elongated shaft assembly having a longitudinal actuation rod linearly reciprocating within a hollow sheath, slidably connecting the handle assembly to the jaw... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6223440 | Autoclavable stainless steel medical instruments with polypropylene injected color handles Improved autoclavable medical instruments are manufactured with colored synthetic handles of sufficient heat resistance to allow autoclaving. This color coding assists in the segregation of instruments by ward or medical facility. The ready identification... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6214028 | Surgical instrument with multiple rotatably mounted offset end effectors and method of using the same An instrument for operating on anatomical tissue includes a barrel having two or more driver therein which can be manipulated from a proximal end of the barrel. End effectors of each driver are offset from a rotatable shaft by a transverse arm. In an inse... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6210398 | Manipulating part of endoscopic treatment tool A manipulating part of an endoscopic treatment tool, in which, to a cylindrical member having a first finger retaining member, there is slidably mounted a second finger retaining member slidably for remotely driving a distal end operating part using a sli... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6210418 | Instrument for use in endoscopic surgery An instrument for use in endoscopic surgery in human or animal bodies, said instrument, in particular, being insertable into said body through a channel of an insertion instrument. The invented instrument is distinguished by the instrument comprising at l... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206904 | Foreign body-recovering instrument for endoscope A foreign body-recovering instrument for an endoscope in which a plurality of foreign body-catching arms are provided at the distal end of a flexible sheath so that the foreign body-catching arms are opened or closed by remote control from the proximal en... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206903 | Surgical tool with mechanical advantage A robotic surgical tool includes an end effector having a pair of fingers and incorporating a mechanical advantage. In specific embodiments, a pulley and cable mechanism is used to actuate the end effector by applying cable tension. The coupling between t... | 03/27/2001 |
