Abstract: A surgical extractor for use in laparascopy. It has a first hollow tube called “slide” and a second hollow tube called “pusher”, which is mounted in a sliding manner over the slide. The slide has a first open end, a second end and a long radial opening close to the second end. A set of flexible rods called “straps” extend in line with the pusher. Each strap has a first end fixed in a rigid manner to the pusher and a second end connected in a rigid manner to the slide close to the second end of the same. Handles are provided for applying a pressure onto the pusher so as to move it over a given stroke distance from a rest position to an opening position closer to the second end of the slide, such causing the straps to fold up and open like petals over the radial opening and thus to allow grasping in a radial direction of an organ to be extracted from the body of the patient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modular hand-held device for use with a suction irrigation electrosurgical tool having a rear inlet/outlet port provided with an electrically conductive surface. It has a rear handle member, a middle valve member and a front member. An electrical connection device is provided for supplying electrical energy to the electrically conductive surface when the rear inlet/outlet port of the suction irrigation electrosurgical tool is received into an inlet/outlet port of the front member. A first mechanical connector is provided for removably connecting front ports of the handle member respectively to the corresponding rear ports of the middle valve member, and a second mechanical connector is provided for removably connecting an inlet/outlet front port of the middle valve member to an inlet/outlet rear port of the front member. This device can be fully dismantled, thereby making it possible to clean and sterilize all its component for further uses.

Abstract: Preparing an edible stabilized betanidine pigment by complexing an extract of Beta vulgaris with an acid polysaccharide.