Abstract: The patent is relative to a new instrument for single access laparoscopy that tries to overcome the limits of the present instrumentation used in this technique, that usually allows to use only one forceps, which does not allow to keep the tissues tenses to work with the surgical instrument. To overcome this limitation, the proposed instrument presents two arms, arranged in parallel presenting a diameter equal to half of the main body in the opening direction of the same, while in the direction perpendicular to this these arms can have an higher diameter, provided its shape be entirely circumscribed by the external dimension of the initial body, and each bearing at the tip a forceps, which may be mounted directly on the arms or on two auxiliary arms. The internal mechanism allows opening the two arms, not necessarily in the plane of rotation of the control rings, while the forceps bend toward the inside, keeping their configuration, being all this controlled by a single command.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 23, 2017
Assignee:
Calabrian High Tech SRL
Inventors:
Antonia Rizzuto, Guido Danieli, Paola Nudo, Mario Donnici, Pasquale Francesco Greco, Rosario Sacco
Abstract: The patent is relative to a new instrument for single access laparoscopy that tries to overcome the limits of the present instrumentation of this technique, that usually allows to use only one forceps, which does not allow to keep the tissues tenses to work with the surgical instrument. To overcome this limitation, the proposed instrument presents two arms, presenting a diameter equal to half of the main body, while in the direction perpendicular to this these arms can have an bigger dimension, provided its shape be entirely circumscribed by the external dimension of the initial body, and each bearing at the tip a forceps, mounted on two auxiliary arms. The internal mechanism allows opening the two arms, while the forceps bend toward the inside, keeping their configuration, being all this controlled by a single command. Two additional commands allow then to open and close the forceps individually, and each command can be locked in any position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 3, 2014
Publication date:
July 7, 2016
Applicant:
CALABRIAN HIGH TECH SRL
Inventors:
Guido DANIELI, Antonia RIZZUTO, Mario DONNICI, Paola NUDO, Pasquale Francesco GRECO, Rosario SACCO