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Device for collection and removal of body parts during laparoscopic surgery

  • US 5,190,555 A
  • Filed: 12/13/1991
  • Issued: 03/02/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a device for the collection and removal of body tissue and/or parts in laparoscopic surgery on a patient, an elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and having a bore extending therethrough, a sack formed of a flexible material and having an opening therein, means carried by said tubular member securing at least a side portion of said sack within at least a portion of the length of the distal extremity of said elongate tubular member, drawstring means secured to said sack and circumscribing said opening in said sack for opening and closing said opening in said sack, said drawstring means extending into said bore, slide means slidably mounted on said elongate tubular member and secured to said drawstring means in said bore and handle means secured to the proximal extremity of said tubular member and to said slide means for introducing said sack into the patient and for causing relative movement between the tubular member and the slide means to open said opening in said sack for the collection of body tissue and/or body parts in the patient and to close said opening in said sack after collection of the body tissue and/or parts.

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