US 6,004,329 A · Shape-adjustable surgical implement handle

Abstract

A multi-purpose surgical implement handle has proximal and distal ends. A gripping section is located toward the proximal end, and an attachment section is located toward the distal end. An adjusting section is interposed between the gripping section and the attachment section. The adjusting section may be bent by a human user at virtually any discrete location along the section. The adjusting section may include an increased-adjustability portion which is easier to bend than other portions of the adjusting section.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A handle for holding an implement, comprising:

a gripping section;
an attaching section to which The implement is mountable;
and
an adjusting section disposed between said gripping section and said attachment section, said adjusting section being bendable to allow said attachment section to be positioned with respect to said gripping section;
said adjusting section including a main portion and an increased-adjustability portion, said increased-adjustability portion being more bendable than said main portion, and wherein said adjusting section is re-adjustable such that multiple bends are formable therein.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/031,789Filed 27 Feb 1998 · continuation in part

Priority

29 May 1997

Granted

21 Dec 1999

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A61F 2/2427
Heart valves ; Vascular valves, e.g. venous valves; Heart implants, e.g. passive devices for improving the function of the native valve or the…:…
A61B 2017/0046
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: with a releasable handle; with handle and operating part separable
A61B 2017/00946
Material properties: malleable
A61F
Filters implantable into blood vessels

Shape-adjustable surgical implement handle

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Shape-adjustable surgical implement handle

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Abstract

Claims28