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Snare cauterization surgical instrument assembly and method of manufacture

  • US 5,782,840 A
  • Filed: 02/14/1997
  • Issued: 07/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved endoscopic surgical snare cauterization instrument comprising an electrically conductive cauterization loop and a flexible web member, said loop having a cauterization section at its distal end, said web member forming a capture pocket having a mouth defined by said loop, said web member being joined to said loop by a plurality of sliding connecting strands of thermoplastic material, the improvement which comprises means for severably securing at least three connecting strands at fixed positions along the distal end of the cauterization loop.

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