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US 2014/0194870 A1Published application
Dual irrigating bipolar forceps
AssigneeSynergetics, Inc.
InventorsMatthew A. Hanlon, Matthew P. LaConte
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Abstract
Bipolar electrosurgical forceps are provided with dual irrigating tubes that deliver irrigating liquid to the opposed surfaces of the tips of the forceps to prevent the sticking of body tissue to the tips. To reduce the manufacturing costs of the forceps and enable the forceps to be single use, disposable forceps, each tube of the dual irrigating tools is a plastic tube adhered along one of the opposing surfaces of the pair of forceps arms. Each tube also has a flat nozzle at the distal end of the tube that disburses irrigating liquid across the opposed surfaces of the forceps arm distal and tips.
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A single use, tissue sticking resistant forceps comprising:
- first and second arms, each arm having an elongate length with opposite proximal and distal ends and having opposite inner and outer surfaces that extend the length of each arm, the proximal ends of the first and second arms being connected together with the inner surfaces of the first and second arms opposing each other, and the distal ends of the first and second arms being constructed as tissue cauterizing tips;
- first and second irrigation tubes, each irrigation tube having a length with opposite proximal and distal ends, the first irrigation tube length being secured to the first arm by an adhesive with the first irrigation tube length extending from the first irrigation tube proximal end adjacent the first arm proximal end, across the length of the first arm to the first irrigation tube distal end adjacent the first arm distal end, and the second irrigation tube length being secured to the second arm by an adhesive with the second irrigation tube length extending from the second irrigation tube proximal end adjacent the second arm proximal end, across the length of the second arm to the second irrigation tube distal end adjacent the second arm distal end, whereby securing the first and second irrigation tubes to the respective first and second arms with the adhesive reduces manufacturing costs for the forceps and enables the forceps single use.
A single use, tissue sticking resistant forceps comprising:
- first and second arms, each arm having an elongate length with opposite proximal and distal ends and having opposite inner and outer surfaces that extend the length of each arm, the proximal ends of the first and second arms being connected together with the inner surfaces of the first and second arms opposing each other, and the distal ends of the first and second arms being constructed as tissue cauterizing tips;
- first and second plastic irrigation tubes, each irrigation tube having a length with opposite proximal and distal ends, the first irrigation tube length being secured to the first arm with the first irrigation tube length extending from the first irrigation tube proximal end adjacent the first arm proximal end, across the length of the first arm to the first irrigation tube distal end adjacent the first arm distal end, and the second irrigation tube length being secured to the second arm with the second irrigation tube length extending from the second irrigation tube proximal end adjacent the second arm proximal end, across the length of the second arm to the second irrigation tube distal end adjacent the second arm distal end;
- whereby the first and second plastic irrigation tubes reduce manufacturing costs for the forceps and enable the forceps single use.
A single use, tissue sticking resistant forceps comprising:
- first and second arms, each arm having an elongate length with opposite proximal and distal ends and having opposite inner and outer surfaces that extend the length of each arm, the proximal ends of the first and second arms being connected together with the inner surfaces of the first and second arms opposing each other, and the distal ends of the first and second arms being constructed as tissue cauterizing tips;
- first and second irrigation tubes, each irrigation tube having a length with opposite proximal and distal ends, at least a part of the first irrigation tube length being secured to the first arm with the first irrigation tube length extending from the first irrigation tube proximal end adjacent the first arm proximal end, across the length of the first arm to the first irrigation tube distal end adjacent the first arm distal end, at least a part of the second irrigation tube length being secured to the second arm with the second irrigation tube length extending from the second irrigation tube proximal end adjacent the second arm proximal end, across the length of the second arm to the second irrigation tube distal end adjacent the second arm distal end, the first irrigation tube having a substantially circular cross section configuration as the first irrigation tube extends from the first irrigation tube proximal end toward the first irrigation tube distal end, and at a portion of the first irrigation tube length adjacent the first irrigation tube distal end the cross section configuration of the first irrigation tube changing from the substantially circular configuration to an oblong configuration with the cross section configuration of the first irrigation tube distal end being oblong, and the second irrigation tube having a substantially circular cross section configuration as the second irrigation tube extends from the second irrigation tube proximal end toward the second irrigation tube distal end, and at a portion of the second irrigation tube length adjacent the second irrigation tube distal end the cross section configuration of the second irrigation tube changing from the substantially circular configuration to an oblong configuration with the cross section configuration of the second irrigation tube distal end being oblong.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.