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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Atropos Limited, Bray, IE;
Frank Bonadio, Bray, IE;
Stephen Williams, Blackrock, IE;
Shane J. McNally, Edengate, IE;
Ronan B. McManus, Bray, IE;
Debora La Bella, Bray, IE;
Lucy Dolores Halpin, Rathfarnham, IE;
ATROPOS LIMITED, Bray, IE;
Abstract
An instrument such as a tenaculum comprises a pair of jaws () which are pivotal from an open configuration in which the jaws () are splayed apart to a closed low profile delivery configuration. The jaws () each have tissue engagement features (). A protector loop () for each jaw which may be of a shape memory material such as Nitinol provides a safety protective distal tip which is distal of the tissue engaging features (). The atraumatic tip does not harm tissue and does not compromise the integrity of a bag which may be used as a containment device in a procedure such as a hysterectomy.