Patent · US Expired

Medical instrument for creating a tissue canal

US5406940A · kind A · utility

46Cited by

3References

8Claims

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Assignee

OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Melzer · Bad Hersfeld, DE
Gerhard Buess · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 25, 1993
Grant date	Apr 18, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/3496
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical instrument for creating a tissue canal in which to seat a sleeve has a shaft tube with a knife blade at its distal end to form an incision and an insert to transform the incision into the tissue canal. The knife blade is formed as an axially projecting portion of the distal edge of the shaft tube and has a ground edge for cutting in the circumferential direction of the shaft tube. The insert is slidable mounted in the shaft tube and has a distal blunt end located adjacent the distal end of the shaft tube.

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