Forceps for dissecting free tissue in body cavities

US6709445B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RICHARD WOLF GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Boebel · Bauschlott, DE
• Frank Knodel · Knittlingen, DE
• Adolf Gallinat · Seevetal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/320044
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A forceps serves in particular for excising myomas located intramurally in the uterus and including a forceps jaw having two branches which are pivotable about a common axis in a working plane for opening and closing the forceps jaw and which bear against one another with structured gripping surfaces with a closed, empty forceps jaw. The branches are each provided over a part of their length with a tooth-shaped back profile and a longitudinal cutting blade on their outer back sides lying opposite the gripping surfaces.