Surgical ligating instrument and method
US4226239A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 1978 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/12018
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical ligating instrument is provided for tubal ligation within the human and/or animal body, by the application of two or more elastic rings to anatomical tubes such as Fallopian tubes. The instrument is constructed to grasp a Fallopian tube, to draw it into an elongated tubular member, and to discharge a stretched elastic ring on the Fallopian tube to perform the ligation procedure, followed by grasping the other Fallopian tube and discharging another similarly stretched elastic ring thereon, without removing the instrument from the patient's body.
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