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Tissue grasping device

  • US 5,928,264 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1997
  • Issued: 07/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical device comprising:

  • a tissue manipulating mechanism having a proximal end and a distal end;

    at least two rotatable, parallel, tissue engaging tines extending from the distal end of the mechanism and movable in arcs toward and away from each other in parallelism;

    a non-rotatable tine extendable from the distal end in a linear path parallel to the movable tines;

    extending mechanism connected to the non-rotatable tine for moving said non-rotatable tine toward and away from the distal end parallel with the rotatable tines; and

    actuating mechanism connected to the movable tines for moving said movable tines in arcs.

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