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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1989
Emmanuel Anapliotis, Berlin, DE;
Effner GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A thin covering is used for protecting an elongated surgical instrument, and is initially in a telescopically folded configuration prior to insertion of the surgical instrument therein, comprising: an elongated tube having an insertion opening region; two resiliently deformable leaf-shaped lining members connected to the elongated tube disposed in the insertion region, the lining members each having a central portion and a pair of sides edges. A first of the pair of side edges of one of the lining members is substantially congruent to a first of the pair of side edges of the other of the lining members, and a second of the pair of side edges of the one of the lining members is substantially congruent to a second of the pair of sides edges of the other of the lining members. Upon application of forces urging each of the first and the second pair of side edges together, the central portions are spread apart to form a jaw for receiving the surgical instrument.