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Laparoscopic instrument and related surgical method

US8764765B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

121References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Covidien LP · US

Inventors

Gregory Piskun · Morganville, US
Oleg Shikhman · Trumbull, US
Anatoly Konik · Haifa, IL
Dan Rottenberg · Haifa, IL
Christopher A. Battles · Seymour, US
Michael Abrams · New York, US
Jeffrey Radziunas · Wallingford, US
Danial Ferreira · Milford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2009
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2034/301
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical instrument insertable through a cannula, the instrument comprising an elongate shaft; and an operative tip having a first jaw and a second jaw movable with respect to the first jaw. The operative tip disposed at a distal end of said elongate shaft and being disposed on said shaft for rotation relative to at least a distal end portion of said shaft about a longitudinal axis of said distal end portion.

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