US 7,083,613 B2Granted

Ringed forceps

AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

InventorMichael R. Treat

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Abstract

A surgical instrument comprises two oppositely-positioned working numbers each having proximal and distal ends and each having a working surface. The instrument also comprises at least one ring member affixed to a least one of the working members to encompass one or more of a user's fingers. In one embodiment at least one working surface has a heating element to cut or seal and cut tissue.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A surgical instrument for cutting or sealing and cutting tissue which comprises two oppositely-positioned working members each having proximal and distal ends and each having a working surface,

wherein at least one ring member is affixed to at least one of said working members to encompass one or more of a user's fingers, wherein at least one working surface has a heating element to cut or cut and seal tissue, and wherein a ring member affixed to a working member is slidingly affixed and may be positioned by the user at any point along the working member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/266,497Filed 8 Oct 2002 · continuation in part
Priority: 5 Mar 1997
Published: US 2003/0129382 A110 Jul 2003
Granted: 1 Aug 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification34 codes

A61B 17/072
Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps: for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied…
A61B 18/085
Probes or electrodes therefor: forceps, scissors
A61B 18/1445
Probes having pivoting end effectors, e.g. forceps: at the distal end of a shaft, e.g. forceps or scissors at the end of a rigid rod
B32B 27/08
As the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or of a different material: of synthetic resin

Family

Application60/038,589Us provisional application · filed 5 Mar 1997
Application09/035,691Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Mar 1998
Application09/374,563Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Aug 1999
US 2003/0129382 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Jul 2003
US 6,626,901 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 7,083,613 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

Facts

Application

10/266,497Filed 8 Oct 2002 · continuation in part

Priority

5 Mar 1997

Published

US 2003/0129382 A110 Jul 2003

Granted

1 Aug 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification34 codes

A61B 17/072
Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps: for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied…
A61B 18/085
Probes or electrodes therefor: forceps, scissors
A61B 18/1445
Probes having pivoting end effectors, e.g. forceps: at the distal end of a shaft, e.g. forceps or scissors at the end of a rigid rod
B32B 27/08
As the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or of a different material: of synthetic resin

Family

Application60/038,589Us provisional application · filed 5 Mar 1997

Application09/035,691Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Mar 1998

Application09/374,563Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Aug 1999

US 2003/0129382 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Jul 2003

US 6,626,901 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 7,083,613 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.