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US 2020/0367884 A1Published application
Surgical instrument sleeve system
AssigneeThe University of Toledo
InventorsMohammad Mahbub Jamil, Israt Nisa
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Abstract
A surgical instrument sleeve system and method of using the same are described.
Claims20
A surgical instrument sleeve system comprising:
- a first sleeve having a first sleeve body, wherein the first sleeve body includes a first sleeve bore extending within the first sleeve body between a first sleeve first opening at a first sleeve first end and a first sleeve second opening at a first sleeve second end;
- a second sleeve having a second sleeve body, wherein the second sleeve body includes a second sleeve bore extending within the second sleeve body between a second sleeve first opening at a second sleeve first end and a second sleeve second opening at a second sleeve second end;
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- a bridging member connecting the first sleeve and the second sleeve.
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A surgical instrument sleeve system comprising:
- a first sleeve having a first sleeve body and a first magnetic core, wherein the first sleeve body includes a first sleeve bore extending within the first sleeve body between a first sleeve first opening at a first sleeve first end and a first sleeve second opening at a first sleeve second end, and wherein the first magnetic core is positioned between the first sleeve body and the first sleeve bore;
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- a second sleeve having a second sleeve body and a second magnetic core, wherein the second sleeve body includes a second sleeve bore extending within the second sleeve body between a second sleeve first opening at a second sleeve first end and a second sleeve second opening at a second sleeve second end, and wherein the second magnetic core is positioned between the second sleeve body and the second sleeve bore.
A method of using a surgical instrument sleeve system comprising:
- attaching a first sleeve to a first jaw of a surgical instrument, wherein the first sleeve has a first sleeve body, and wherein the first sleeve body includes a first sleeve bore extending within the first sleeve body between a first sleeve first opening at a first sleeve first end and a first sleeve second opening at a first sleeve second end;
- attaching a second sleeve to a second jaw of a surgical instrument, wherein the second sleeve has a second sleeve body, wherein the second sleeve body includes a second sleeve bore extending within the second sleeve body between a second sleeve first opening at a second sleeve first end and a second sleeve second opening at a second sleeve second end;
- positioning the first sleeve at a location on the first jaw and the second sleeve at a location on the second jaw such that a first sleeve engagement surface on the first sleeve cooperates with a second sleeve engagement surface on the second sleeve;
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- handling suture material between the first sleeve engagement surface and the second sleeve engagement surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.