Endoscopic surgical instrument for displacing tissue or organs

• US 5,195,507 A
• Filed: 11/04/1991
• Issued: 03/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Bilweis, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellegrino, Stephen C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAWSON, GLENN K
• Application Number:
  US07/787,451
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 128/3, 128/20, 604/96-99, 604/104, 604/105, 606/1, 606/191-199
• US Class Current: 600/204
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00082 Balloons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00154 using guiding arrangements for insertion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/018 for receiving instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00234 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0218 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0281, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00557 inflatable A61B2017/22051 takes precedence

Abstract

A surgical instrument, in particular for endoscopic surgery, the instrument comprising a tube designed to be connected at its distal end to inflation/deflation means and provided at its proximal end with an inflatable spatula which communicates with the inflation/deflation means via a tube.

Claims

1. A surgical instrument for endoscopic surgery, the instrument comprising a tube having a proximal end and distal end, inflation/deflation means comprising a bulb connected in a sealed manner to the distal end of the tube, and an inflatable fan-shaped spatula connected to said tube at its proximal end, said spatula being used for displaying tissues or organs and communicating with the inflation/deflation means via said tube, said tube placed in a cannula and extending at its distal end out of the cannula, said spatula made from two main sheets which are generally parallel to each other in the inflated state and which are connected together at their peripheries by a transverse connecting wall, said spatula being able to be received in a retracted position inside said cannula and said spatula provided with lines of stiffening.

2. An instrument according to claim 1, wherein the tube, the inflatable spatula, and the bulb are made in the form of a single piece.

3. An instrument according to claim 2, wherein the inflatable spatula is made of rubber.

4. An instrument according to claim 1, wherein the tube, the inflatable spatula, and the bulb are made separate and then assembled together.

5. An instrument according to claim 4, wherein the inflatable spatula is made of rubber.

6. An instrument according to claim 1, wherein the inflatable spatula is made of rubber.

7. An instrument according to claim 6, wherein the lines of stiffening are integrally molded with the spatula.

8. An instrument according to claim 1, wherein the lines of stiffening are made separate and then assembled to the inflatable spatula.