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Laparoscopic stretching instrument and associated method

  • US 5,511,564 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1995
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical device comprising:

  • a frame member having a distal end and a proximal end;

    first holding means secured to said frame member and disposed at said distal end thereof for securing a hold on first organic tissues of a patient;

    second holding means secured to said frame member and disposed at said distal end thereof for securing a hold on second organic tissues of the patient spaced from the first organic tissues, at least one of said first holding means and said second holding means being movable relative to the other;

    first actuator means, mounted to said frame member at said proximal end thereof and operatively connected to said first holding means, for controlling operation of said first holding means;

    second actuator means, mounted to said frame member at said proximal end thereof and operatively connected to said second holding means, for controlling operation of said second holding means; and

    additional actuator means, operatively independent of said first actuator means and said second actuator means and mounted to said frame member and operatively connected to said first holding means and said second holding means, for moving at least one of said first holding means and said second holding means relative to the other, thereby enabling a stretching of third organic tissues between said first organic tissues and said second organic tissues and facilitating access to said third organic tissues.

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