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US 5,690,659 AGranted
Surgical cutting implement dispenser
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorGraham Smith
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Abstract
A cutting implement dispenser for use with surgical instruments having replaceable cutting implements includes a support structure on which a replacement implement is carried. Operating a release mechanism movably attached to the support releases the implement from the support.
Claims16
A dispenser comprising:
- a surgical instrument cutting implement disposed along an axis;
- a support structure releasably engaged with the cutting implement;
- and
- a release mechanism carried by to said support structure for disengaging the cutting implement from said support structure, said release mechanism being movable along said axis and including a surface configured to engage the cutting implement as said release mechanism is moved along said axis.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a surgical instrument cutting implement having an inner wall;
- a body;
- a pair of radially outwardly biased fingers projecting from said body, each of said fingers being releasably engaged with said inner wall of said cutting implement;
- and
- a plunger slidably attached to said body and configured to contact said cutting implement when said plunger is slid with respect to said body.
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A dispenser for a surgical instrument cutting implement, said dispenser comprising:
- a support structure having a pair of radially outwardly biased fingers configured to releasably engage the cutting implement;
- and
- a release mechanism movably attached to said support structure for disengaging the cutting implement from said fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.