Patents Assigned to West-Walker Bennett
  • Surgical apparatus
    Patent number: 6235037
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus including a housing with a handle end and a manipulation end, a rotatable manipulation mechanism guided within the housing and extendible beyond the end of the housing, an inflatable diaphragm situated on the housing and a channel for passing a gas through or along the manipulation mechanism from the handle end of the housing to the manipulation end. The invention is also directed to a method of performing laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomies using the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: West-Walker Bennett
    Inventors: Michael C. East, Suzanne H. Suckling