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Medical forceps

US5810883A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1997
Grant dateSep 22, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/2939
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical forceps, which is used in particular for detaching bone or cartilage tissue in the frontal sinus, has a handle, a shaft, an immovable jaw part and a movable jaw part both attached to the distal end of the shaft. An articulation element serves for rotatably moving the movable jaw part about the immovable jaw part. Said immovable jaw part is provided with a recess continuing over the entire width of said immovable jaw part. A section of said movable jaw part at which section said actuation element is connected to said immovable jaw part is arranged in said recess allowing said section of said movable jaw part to extend over the entire width of said immovable jaw part.

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