Surgical instruments and methods of use
OwnerMichael John Andersoninventor
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Abstract
Surgical instruments suitable for use during surgical procedures. The surgical instruments include first and second halves coupled together at a pivot so that the halves define a handle and functional portions at proximal and distal ends of the instrument, respectively. The functional portion terminates at a blunt distal end and includes scissors, a base section disposed between the scissors and blunt distal end and having a first clamping feature, a tapering section disposed between the first clamping feature and blunt distal end and having gripping features, and opposing tips disposed between the tapering section and distal end of the instrument and having second clamping features.
Claims16
A surgical instrument comprising:
- first and second halves coupled together at a pivot so that the first and second halves define a handle portion at a proximal end of the instrument and a functional portion at a distal end of the instrument with the pivot therebetween, the functional portion terminating at a blunt distal end;
- scissors disposed in the functional portion adjacent the pivot and defined by complementary scissor features of the first and second halves;
- a base section disposed in the functional portion between the scissors and the blunt distal end of the functional portion, the base section comprising first clamping means defined by complementary first clamping features of the first and second halves;
- a tapering section disposed in the functional portion between the first clamping means and the blunt distal end of the functional portion, the tapering section comprising gripping means defined by opposing serrated features on each of the first and second halves;
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- opposing tips defined by the first and second halves and disposed in the functional portion between the tapering section and the distal end of the instrument, the tips defining the blunt distal end of the functional end, the tips comprising second clamping means defined by complementary second clamping features of the first and second halves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.