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Laraposcopic surgical grasper having an attachable strap

  • US 5,613,973 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1995
  • Issued: 03/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device that is insertable into a body cavity during a surgical procedure to hold and manipulate a body organ from a remote location outside the cavity, which comprises:

  • a) elongated conduit means having a surrounding sidewall providing an inside passage and extending to proximal and distal portions having respective spaced apart open ends, wherein the proximal portion of the conduit means provides a handle means for inserting the distal portion into the body cavity and for manipulating the distal portion from the remote location;

    b) flexible strap means having a width and a thickness so as to be in a movable relationship in the inside passage of the conduit means, and at least a portion of the strap means is extendable out through the distal open end of the conduit means wherein the strap means has a first section and a second section; and

    c) manipulative means operatively associated with the strap means and manipulatable from the remote location to move the strap means along the inside passage of the conduit means to extend at least the second section of the strap means out through the distal open end of the conduit means, wherein the strap means is provided with an attachment means which upon extension of the second section of the strap means out through the distal open end of the conduit means is either initially in an unattached state and attachable to a strap connection means provided by the medical device or first detachable from the strap connection means and then reattachable thereto such that the attachment means is removably mated to the strap connection means with either the attachment means surrounding the strap connection means or strap connection means surrounding the attachment means to thereby define a loop encircling the body organ and having relative rigidity in a plane normal to the loop, and wherein upon formation of the loop, the handle means and the manipulative means are manipulatable from the remote location to position and tighten the defined loop around the body organ.

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