Sliding suture grasper
AssigneeTeleflex Medical Incorporated
InventorsCelso Bagaoisan, Suresh Pai, Brad Labarbera
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Abstract
A device to assist in securing a holding a portion of a suture during an intra-abdominal suturing procedure, the device including an elongated tubular body, a handle, an inner member element, and a push button. The inner member element may include at least one grasping element that expands as the at least one grasping element is extended beyond a distal end of the elongated tubular. The device may include a proximal spring disposed within the push button and abutting against a proximal end of the inner member element to allow the at least one grasping element to retract into the elongated tubular body in a proximal direction.
Claims20
An instrument comprising:
- an elongated body defining a lumen, the elongated body having a proximal portion and a distal portion;
- a handle attached to the proximal portion of the elongated body;
- an inner member slidably disposed within the lumen of the elongated body, the inner member having a distal end effector;
- a push button extending from a proximal portion of the handle, the push button configured to actuate or move the inner member;
- a first spring disposed between a portion of the push button and a portion of the inner member, the first spring being configured to bias the inner member in a distal direction;
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- a second spring configured to bias the push button and the inner member in a proximal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.