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Forceps with guide wire

  • US 5,571,136 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1996
  • Issued: 11/05/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly of forceps and a substantially flexible guide wire, comprising:

  • (A) a substantially flexible solid guide wire;

    (B) a non-pivotable rigid jaw defining a longitudinal lumen therethrough, said lumen of said non-pivotable jaw being mounted on said guide wire for sliding longitudinal movement of said non-pivotable jaw along said guide wire;

    (C) a rigid jaw pivotably secured to said non-pivotable jaw; and

    (D) flexible longitudinally-extending drive means secured to said pivotable jaw and extending generally parallel to said guide wire such that said drive means is longitudinally movable between an opening position wherein said jaws assume an open orientation enabling tissue to enter there-between and a closing position wherein said jaws assume a closed orientation such that any tissue which entered intermediate said jaws in said open orientation is grasped therebetween for movement therewith.

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