Device for vessel support and harvesting
AssigneeLSI Solutions, Inc.
InventorJude S. Sauer, MD
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Abstract
Another surgical device is also disclosed. The surgical device includes a flexible distal tip, which may also include a distal opening, a shaft interface opening on a proximal end of the flexible distal tip, an intermediate opening located between the distal opening and the shaft interface opening, and a channel coupling the shaft interface opening and the intermediate opening. The device may also include a hollow shaft connected to the shaft interface opening, a handle coupled to the hollow shaft, a suture locking device slidable within the handle, and a sliding actuator coupled to the hollow shaft.
Claims16
A surgical device, comprising:
- a flexible distal tip, comprising:
- a distal opening;
- a shaft interface opening on a proximal end of the flexible distal tip;
- an intermediate opening located between the distal opening and the shaft interface opening;
- and
- a channel coupling the shaft interface opening and the intermediate opening;
- a hollow shaft connected to the shaft interface opening;
- and
- an actuator coupled to the hollow shaft.
A surgical device, comprising:
- a flexible distal tip, comprising:
- a distal opening;
- a shaft interface opening on a proximal end of the flexible distal tip;
- an intermediate opening located between the distal opening and the shaft interface opening;
- and
- a channel coupling the shaft interface opening and the intermediate opening;
- a hollow shaft connected to the shaft interface opening;
- a handle coupled to the hollow shaft;
- a suture locking device slidable within the handle;
- and
- a sliding actuator coupled to the hollow shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.