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US 2015/0305762 A1Published application
Contoured surgical forceps
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts
InventorRaymond Dunn
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Abstract
A contoured forceps handle is presented having a first arm with a contoured surface and a second arm with a contoured surface to provide for rotation in the hand of a user. The forceps handle may be used with a forceps or may have tips attached. Contoured forceps onlays are also presented that may be attached to forceps.
Claims24
A surgical forceps comprising:
- a forceps handle having a first arm attached to a second arm, the first arm having a first contoured surface and the second arm having a second contoured surface such that the forceps handle can be held in a hand of a user, each arm having a contoured surface that includes a distal trough, a larger central portion and a proximal trough extending along a longitudinal axis of each arm.
A surgical forceps comprising:
- a forceps having a first arm and a second arm;
- a first forceps handle onlay having a contoured top surface that includes a distal trough and a proximal trough extending along the top surface of the onlay;
- and
- a second forceps handle onlay having a contoured top surface that includes a distal trough and a proximal trough extending along the top surface of the onlay;
- wherein the first forceps handle onlay is attached to a first arm of the forceps and the second forceps handle onlay is attached to the second arm of the forceps.
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A method of use of a surgical forceps comprising
- grasping a surgical forceps having a first contoured surface and a second contoured surface;
- compressing the arms of the surgical forceps to grasp an object;
- and
- rotating the surgical forceps while grasping the object and performing a surgical procedure.
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A method of assembling a surgical forceps comprising:
- fabricating a forceps handle having a first arm and a second arm, the first arm having a first contoured surface and the second arm having a second contoured surface such that the forceps handle can be held in a hand of a user, each arm having a contoured surface that includes a distal trough, a larger central portion and a proximal trough extending along a longitudinal axis of each arm;
- and
- inserting a forceps between the first arm and the second arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.