Forceps for the surgical introduction of catheters and the like

• US 5,772,670 A
• Filed: 06/18/1997
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ramon Bofill Brosa
• Original Assignee: Ramon Bofill Brosa
• Inventors: Brosa, Ramon Bofill
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): REIP, DAVID OWEN
• Application Number:
  US08/878,205
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 606/205-209, 606/108, 606/106
• US Class Current: 606/108
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/282 Jaws
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3415 for introducing tubes or catheters, e.g. gastrostomy tubes, drain catheters A61B17/3417 takes precedence; body piercing catheter guide needles A61M25/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00469 for insertion of instruments, e.g. guide wire, optical fibre
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/01 Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters A61M25/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/09041 Mechanisms for insertion of guide wires

Abstract

The forceps are characterized in that their extreme appendixes are provided with means for the soft holding and for the guiding of the tubular element to be introduced into an opening provided in the body during a surgical operation and, preferably the appendixes of the forceps have respective grooves opposite to each other and forming a channel for guiding a flexible tubular element or the like, fixed and guided by the forceps appendixes, the forceps being further characterized by side openings in the appendixes of the forceps for the purpose of introducing the tubular element fixed and guided by said forceps.

Claims

1. Forceps for the surgical introduction of a flexible tubular element, comprising:

first and second elongate elements, each of said elongate elements having at one end an opening for insertion of a finger and at an opposite end a curved jaw member having a semi-cylindrically shaped groove along a length of said jaw member, said elongate elements being pivotally connected at a pivot point and being configured such that, in a closed position, said grooves in said jaw members are opposed and define a tubular channel for gripping and guiding said flexible tubular element, said forceps further comprising, in said closed position, substantially elliptically-shaped orifices on opposing sides of said forceps and adjacent said pivot point, said orifices communicating with said grooves and providing access for insertion of said flexible tubular element into and through said tubular channel from either side of said forceps.

2. Forceps as defined in claim 1 wherein said jaw members are curved approximately 90 degrees.