Extractor
OwnerHarald Heidmuellerinventor
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Abstract
An extractor for gallbladders and appendices, comprising a protective guiding tube for insertion into the peritoneum of a patient, a gripping means provided at the front end of the protective guiding tube and comprising at least two bowls which are adapted to be opened and closed like tongs and which, in the closed state, form a rotational body extending longitudinally in the direction of the protective guiding tube, and an operating means for opening and closing the bowls and projecting from the rear end of the protective guiding tube, the transmission elements of the operating means lie within the protective guiding tube and extend therethrough.
Claims20
An extractor for removing organs and other parts from living bodies comprising a guide tube having axially opposite first and second end portions, a pair of relatively movable bowls disposed at said first end portion of said guide tube, a pair of generally axially aligned sleeves housed at least partially within said guide tube, thread means at first ends of each of first and second of said pair of sleeves in threaded engagement with each other, a second end of said second sleeve being adapted for manual rotation at said second end portion of said guide tube, means coupling said first sleeve to said bowls, and means for limiting said first sleeve to reciprocal nonrotary movement relative to said guide tube upon clockwise and counterclockwise rotation being manually imparted to said second sleeve second end portion to effect relative movement between said pair of bowls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.