Medical Instrument For Grasping Surgical Suture Material

• US 20100217286A1
• Filed: 02/24/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg
• Original Assignee: Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg
• Inventors: Oberlaender, Martin, Berberich, Sascha, Gerber, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 8,282,669 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/148
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0483 Hand-held instruments for holding sutures A61B17/0469 takes precedence; other holders for needles or sutures A61B17/06061; surgical forceps A61B17/28; surgical pincettes A61B17/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2926 Details of heads or jaws

Abstract

A medical instrument for grasping surgical suture material, with a shaft on whose proximal end a handle is positioned consisting of at least two gripping members and on whose distal end a tool is positioned consisting of a rigid jaw member and a pivotable jaw member and where the pivotable jaw member can be pivoted with respect to the rigid jaw member for opening and closing with a moveably configured gripping member of the handle, for which purpose the pivotable jaw member and the moveable gripping member are in active connection with one another by means of an actuating element mounted in the shaft. To create a medical instrument that is both easy to operate and makes possible a safe grasping and guiding of the suture material, it is disclosed that in the rigid jaw member there should be configured an indentation that opens toward the pivotable jaw member and that can be covered, with the tool in closed position, only in the center area by the pivotable jaw member.

Claims

1. A medical instrument for grasping surgical suture material, with a shaft on whose proximal end a handle is configured that consists of at least two gripping members (3a, 3b) and on whose distal end a tool is positioned consisting of one rigid jaw member and one pivotable jaw member, where the pivotable jaw member can pivot with respect to the rigid jaw member, for which purpose the pivotable jaw member and the displaceable gripping member are in active relation with one another by means of an actuation element mounted in the shaft, characterized in that there is configured in the rigid jaw member an indentation that is open to the pivotable jaw member and that, with the tool in closed position, can be covered only in the center area by the pivotable jaw member.

2. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the indentation is configured as a trough that is open exclusively toward the pivotable jaw member and is bordered on all sides.

3. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the pivotable jaw member has a tapered configuration in such a way that, with the tool in the closed position, the indentation configured in the rigid jaw member is freely accessible on both sides of the pivotable jaw member.

4. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein in addition to the indentation on the rigid jaw member a plane surface is configured on which the pivotable jaw member, with the tool in the closed position, is form-locked at least in sections.

5. A medical instrument according to claim 4, wherein the plane surface is configured proximally from the indentation on the rigid jaw member.

6. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the pivotable jaw member of the tool opens in the distal direction.

7. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the pivotable jaw member of the tool opens in retro-grade direction.

8. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the distal end of the rigid jaw member is configured as a sharp cutting point.

9. A medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein a catch hook pointing toward the rigid jaw member is configured on the distal end of the pivotable jaw member.