Suture needle holder method and apparatus
OwnerJamil Al Khouryinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a needle holder for doing surgery in the oral cavity, especially those deep areas, and the hard to reach areas (palate, jaw joint, vestibular of the inferior and superior maxilla). The holder is an improved version of the present holders. It operates on the principle of off axis rotation and is held like a pencil or pen with the thumb and the index finger. It provides ease of use for the surgeon and better control in addition to an unobstructed field of view due to its smaller size when compared with the traditional holder. It does not employ locking teeth to hold the needle which prevents it from vibrating.
Claims9
A clamping means for use in surgical applications, comprising:
- an elongated holder having a first clamping member extending from one extremity thereof, said holder having means forming a first camming surface;
- pivot means disposed proximate said camming surface;
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- an elongated member pivotably attached to said holder by said pivot means and having a portion at one end thereof forming a second clamping member for rotation into facing relationship with said first clamping member and the opposite extremity thereof forming a handle for facilitating rotation of said second clamping member about said pivot means, said elongated member further including a camming means for frictionally engaging said camming surface as said second clamping member is rotated towards said first clamping member thereby locking said second clamping member relative to said first clamping member whereby a surgical needle may be clampingly engaged between said first and second clamping members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.