Title:
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007160125
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To improve a surgical instrument and procedure, in particular, the surgical instrument and procedure for performing gas endarterectomy by viewing the probing of artery through the sufficiently transparent artery wall in order to clean the artery to remove plaque build-ups.
The surgical instrument includes an elongaged flexible stem unit 50, a handle 52 at a first end of the elongatged flexible stem unit, and a cutting unti 54 at a second end of the elongaged flexible stem unit, opposite from the first end, having an inner cutting edge and a curved outer blunt edge 58, and a wall extending between the inner cutting edge 56 and the curved outer blunt edge 58.
Inventors:
NEWMAN FREDRIC A
KAPLITT MARTIN J
KNEPSHIELD WILLIAM R
KAPLITT MARTIN J
KNEPSHIELD WILLIAM R
Application Number:
JP2007015568A
Publication Date:
June 28, 2007
Filing Date:
January 25, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEWMAN FREDRIC A
KAPLITT MARTIN J
KNEPSHIELD WILLIAM R
KAPLITT MARTIN J
KNEPSHIELD WILLIAM R
International Classes:
A61B17/00; A61B1/00; A61B17/22; A61B17/221; A61B17/32; A61B19/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH0370112U | 1991-07-12 | |||
| JPH08503621A | 1996-04-23 | |||
| JPH05168645A | 1993-07-02 |
Foreign References:
| US3886943A | 1975-06-03 | |||
| US4962755A | 1990-10-16 | |||
| WO1994027509A1 | 1994-12-08 | |||
| US3368280A | 1968-02-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Ito