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Surgical pouch instrument

  • US 5,971,995 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1998
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical instrument, comprising:

  • an elongated outer tube;

    an elongated inner rod telescopically moveable within said outer tube;

    a plurality of pouch support blades, each with a solid cross-section, at least two of said plurality of support blades attached at one end thereof to a distal end of said inner rod;

    a pouch having an open end and a closed end supported on said support blades, said support blades being accommodated in a blade channel in said pouch extending at least partially around and proximate to the periphery of said open end, said blades having a deployed configuration approximating a hoop with one of said plurality of blades overlapping a portion of a second of said plurality of blades in juxteposition.

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