Apparatus for expanding body tissue
AssigneeLaser Surge, Inc.
InventorsJude S. Sauer, James W. Kaufer, Daniel E. McGarry, John F. Hammond
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Abstract
A surgical apparatus for manipulating body tissue includes a handle member consisting of a frame, a self contained fluid dispenser having a chamber for storing a supply of fluid and a plunger reciprocally moveable within the chamber for dispensing the fluid, and a trigger operatively connected to the plunger and moveable to cause corresponding movement of the plunger. The apparatus also includes a generally elongated member connected to the handle member and an inflatable member supported at the distal end portion of the elongated member in fluid communication with the fluid dispenser. A method for performing a tracheostomy with the apparatus is also disclosed.
Claims18
A surgical apparatus for manipulating body tissue, which comprises:
- a handle member, including:
- a frame having a guide wire channel;
- a self contained fluid dispenser disposed within the frame, the fluid dispenser including a chamber for storing a supply of inflation fluid;
- a curved flexible drive member directly connected to the dispenser;
- and,
- a trigger moveable relative to the frame and operatively connected to the drive member;
- a generally elongated member connected to the handle member and extending distally therefrom, the elongated member having proximal and distal portions, the elongated member including a longitudinal guide wire passageway in communication with the guide wire channel;
- an inflatable member supported at the distal portion of the elongated member in fluid communication with the fluid dispenser;
- and,
- an inflation lumen in fluid communication with the chamber and the inflatable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.