Laparoscopic instrument
AssigneeLaprotech AB
InventorAzad Najar
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Abstract
A laparoscopic instrument includes a handle unit by which a user may hold the instrument, an elongated first tube attached to the handle unit, a second tube arranged slidable in relation to the first tube, that the second tube is provided with a thread gripping member capable of gripping suture threads, a locking member arranged to the tubes such that, when the second tube is moved in relation to the first tube, gripped suture threads are locked. The invention is characterized in that the device further includes storage elements for a number of rings, and a ring feeding member capable of, upon activation, moving the ring from the storage elements to a free position in which the suture threads run through the ring.
Claims8
A laparoscopic instrument comprising:
- a handle unit by which a user may hold the instrument;
- an elongated third tube attached to said handle unit;
- a fourth tube arranged slidable in relation to said first tube;
- said fourth tube is provided with a thread gripping member capable of gripping suture threads,
- a locking member arranged to said tubes such that, when said fourth tube is moved in relation to said third tube, gripped suture threads are locked;
- storage means for a number of rings;
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- a ring feeding member capable of, upon activation, moving said ring from said storage means to a free position in which said suture threads run through said ring, said ring feeding member comprising a second tube arranged outside said third tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.