Super atraumatic grasper apparatus
AssigneeMicroline Pentax Inc.
InventorsHenri de Guillebon, Genci Omari
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a grasper arrangement having a pair of opposed, elongated, movable jaw members at a distal end of the grasper arrangement pinchably actuatable from a handle portion at a proximal end of the grasper arrangement. The jaw members each have a toothed insert attachably secured thereon. Each tooth insert has an array of teeth disposed thereon on a first side thereof. Each tooth insert has a securement arrangement on a second side thereof to securely engage the jaw member thereto. Each of the jaw members are of decreasing tapered thickness from a distal end thereof to a proximal end thereof.
Claims16
A grasper arrangement having a pair of opposed, elongated, movable jaw members at a distal end of said grasper arrangement pinchably actuatable from a handle portion at a proximal end of said grasper arrangement, said jaw members each having a toothed insert attachably secured thereon to thus comprise a pair of opposed toothed inserts;
- each said toothed insert having an array of teeth disposed on a first side thereof for grasping body tissue therewith;
- each said toothed insert having a securement means on a second side thereof to securely engage said jaw member thereto.
A grasper arrangement having a pair of opposed, elongated, movable jaw members at a distal end of said grasper arrangement pinchably actuatable from a handle portion at a proximal end of said grasper arrangement, said jaw members each have a toothed insert attachably secured thereon defining a pair of opposed tooth inserts;
- said tooth insert having an array of teeth disposed thereon from a first side thereof;
- said tooth insert having a securement mechanism on a second side thereof to securely engage said jaw member thereto, each of said jaw members being of decreasing tapered thickness from a distal end thereof to a proximal end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.