US 2022/0175419 A1Published application

Surgical tool

AssigneeSwiss Medical Evolution SA

InventorChristina BORNIVELLI

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Abstract

A surgical tool extends in a longitudinal direction from proximal end to distal end and has a length defined by the free distance between proximal and distal ends. It includes proximal handle portion, which extends along a longitudinal handle axis towards lever portion. Said lever portion extends along longitudinal lever axis and is proximally adjacently connected to the handle portion on one hand and distally adjacently connected to foot portion on the other hand. The lever portion is positioned between the handle portion and the foot portion. The foot portion extends along a longitudinal foot axis and includes two distal tongues that extend in the longitudinal direction, such that their free distal ends point away from the handle portion. The two tongues are positioned at a distance from one another and an underside of the two tongues forms a common concave abutment surface for abutting against a pregnant woman's uterus.

Claims15

Dependent claims

Surgical tool for providing haemostatic compression to a pregnant woman's uterus in a caesarean section procedure during uterine incision, the tool extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end and having a length defined by the free distance between said proximal and distal ends,

the tool comprising
a proximal handle portion extending along a longitudinal handle axis towards a lever portion, said lever portion extending along a longitudinal lever axis and being proximally adjacently connected to the handle portion and distally adjacently connected to
a foot portion, said foot portion extending along a longitudinal foot axis and including a proximal foot area as well as two tongues that extend from the proximal foot area in the longitudinal direction and each have a distal free end located at the distal end of the tool, the two tongues being positioned at a distance from one another and having an underside forming a common abutment surface for pressing against a pregnant woman's uterus.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/437,307Filed 10 Mar 2020
Priority: EP 19161795.011 Mar 2019
Published: 9 Jun 2022
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Classification6 codes

A61B 17/42
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods
A61B 17/12
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord
A61B 2017/0042
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: with special provisions for gripping
A61B 2017/12004
For ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord: for haemostasis, for prevention of bleeding