Patents Examined by Vy Qi Bui
  • Patent number: 6210424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical device (1) comprising: an elongate, flexible and tubular arm (3) having a distal end and a proximal end; a flexible pulling means (6) which is arranged inside the arm (3); a tool (4) which is arranged at the distal end of the arm (3) and which comprises at least two parts (11,12), which are operable by said pulling means (6); and an operating means (15) which is arranged at the proximal end of the arm to operate said pulling means (6) and, thus, said tool (4). The invention is characterised in that said arm (3) is made of a material, which resumes its shape by heating and which has a transformation temperature which allows the arm (3) to be deformable to the desired shape at room temperature and to keep the thus obtained shape at a patient's body temperature during use of the device (1), so as then to allow resumption of its original shape when exposed to a temperature exceeding the body temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Dicamed AB
    Inventor: Sven Gustafsson
  • Patent number: 5921998
    Abstract: An instrument for removing proliferative membranes in a treatment for proliferative vitreoretinal disorders includes an ophthalmic treatment tool for using in an ophthalmic surgery, the tool including: a grip portion; a rod-shaped body attached to one end of the grip portion; an elastic body fitted along a direction toward a front end of the rod-shaped body to the front end side of the rod-shaped body; and hard inorganic fine-grains or particles fixed on a tapered tip of the elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Inami & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Tano, Motohiro Kamei, Masato Ooji, Yoshihiro Saitou, Park In Won, John M. Lewis