Hand held surgical device
First Claim
1. A hand-held surgical device for use with a tool having proximal and distal extremities, the tool having tool parts and an actuation mechanism for operating the tool parts, the tool parts being disposed at the distal extremity of the tool and the proximal extremity being sized to be adapted to be grasped by the human hand and for use in performing a laparoscopic medical procedure comprising a handle assembly having proximal and distal extremities and having a bore extending therethrough from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity, said bore being sized so that the tool can be removably positioned within the bore so that the tool parts extend out of the bore at the distal extremity of the handle assembly and so that the proximal extremity of the tool remains out of the bore at the proximal extremity of the handle assembly to permit the tool to be grasped by the human hand to facilitate positioning of the tool within the bore, said handle assembly including hand operated means adapted to cause operation of the actuation mechanism of said tool and for causing rotational movement of the tool.
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Abstract
Hand-held surgical assembly for use in performing a laparoscopic medical procedure, comprising a housing. An actuator tube having a bore therein is slidably mounted in the housing. A handle operated mechanism is carried by the housing for causing reciprocatory movement of the actuator tube assembly within the housing.
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19 Claims
- 1. A hand-held surgical device for use with a tool having proximal and distal extremities, the tool having tool parts and an actuation mechanism for operating the tool parts, the tool parts being disposed at the distal extremity of the tool and the proximal extremity being sized to be adapted to be grasped by the human hand and for use in performing a laparoscopic medical procedure comprising a handle assembly having proximal and distal extremities and having a bore extending therethrough from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity, said bore being sized so that the tool can be removably positioned within the bore so that the tool parts extend out of the bore at the distal extremity of the handle assembly and so that the proximal extremity of the tool remains out of the bore at the proximal extremity of the handle assembly to permit the tool to be grasped by the human hand to facilitate positioning of the tool within the bore, said handle assembly including hand operated means adapted to cause operation of the actuation mechanism of said tool and for causing rotational movement of the tool.
- 6. In a hand-held surgical assembly for use in performing a laparoscopic medical procedure, a hand-held endoscopy device having distal and proximal extremities and having a bore extending therethrough from the distal extremity to the proximal extremity, said hand-held endoscopy device having a handle assembly adapted to be grasped by the human hand, operable tool means removably mounted in said bore of the device and having a proximal portion thereof extending out of the proximal extremity permitting the same to be grasped by the hand to aid in inserting the operable tool means into the bore in the device and removal of the operable tool means from the bore of the device, said operable tool means including tool parts and an actuation mechanism for operation of the tool parts, said operable tool means and said handle assembly including cooperative means for establishing a substantially fluid-tight seal in said bore between the handle assembly and said operable tool means and hand-operated means carried by the handle assembly and connected between the handle assembly and the operable tool means to cause operation of the tool parts of the operable tool means.
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15. In a method for performing a medical procedure in a patient by the use of a hand-held endoscopy device having a bore extending therethrough and a plurality of surgical tools, introducing the endoscopy device into the patient, introducing one of the surgical tools through the bore in the endoscopy device and performing electrocautery operations during the time that the tool is in place in the hand-held endoscopy device, removing the tool after the medical procedure has been completed and thereafter removing the hand-held endoscopy device from the patient.
- 16. A surgical tool for use with a hand-held endoscopy device comprising an elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities, first and second jaw members pivotally mounted on the distal extremity of said elongate tubular member, means carried by the elongate tubular member for moving the first and second jaw members between open and closed positions, said first and second jaw members being formed of metal and molded coverings formed on the said jaw members formed of a durable hard plastic material and having serrations therein.
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