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Device for stabilizing tissue

US4932417A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 1988
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 15, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/42
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is a device for stabilizing tissue during surgery having an elongated sheath, a rod movable within the sheath and having a forward end capable of being extended beyond the sheath, and tissue grasping prongs located at said forward end of said rod, said prongs extending laterally away from said rod when said forward end is extended beyond the sheath for impinging and stabilizing tissue.

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