Combination Forceps

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments provide for surgical instruments and methods for using and manufacturing the same. The disclosed surgical instrument includes a combination of serrated forceps and non-serrated forceps, the serrated forceps and the non-serrated forceps being operable independently of each other. A method of using the instrument includes using the serrated forceps of the instrument to grasp a tissue and using the non-serrated forceps of the instrument to pull a surgical needle through the tissue. A method of manufacturing the surgical instrument includes manufacturing serrated forceps and non-serrated forceps, such that the inner shanks of the serrated and the non-serrated forceps form a central shank, wherein the surgical instrument operates in a way that pushing the outer shank of the serrated forceps toward the central shank of the instrument engages the serrated forceps of the instrument, and pushing the outer shank of the non-serrated forceps toward the central shank of the instrument engages the non-serrated forceps of the instrument.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.