Title:
SURGICAL DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/082068
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A surgical device includes a longitudinal first leg having a first distal tip portion pivotably coupled to a longitudinal second leg having a second distal tip portion. The first and second legs are transitionable between a first position such that the first and second tip portions are spaced apart from each other and a second position where the first and second tip portions are proximate each other. The first tip portion includes a concave face and the second tip portion includes a convex face configured such that the first and second faces oppose each other in the first and second positions and touch each other in the second position. The convex face fits within the concave face in the second position.
Inventors:
ASHER TONY (US)
GREELEY ROGER D (US)
DEPASQUA ANTHONY R (US)
GREELEY ROGER D (US)
DEPASQUA ANTHONY R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/071939
Publication Date:
July 31, 2014
Filing Date:
November 26, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/28; A61B18/14; A61B17/29; A61B17/30; A61B18/08; A61B18/18
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HOHENSHELL, Jeffrey, J. et al. (710 Medtronic Parkway NEMS: LC34, Minneapolis MN, US)
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