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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1992
Henry Bolanos, East Norwalk, CT (US);
Richard N Granger, Huntington, CT (US);
Ajit Singh, Norwalk, CT (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for sizing the lumen of an organ is provided. The lumen sizer comprises a handle member with a projection at either end. Each projection has a substantially cylindrical sizing portion of different diameter, each diameter corresponding to the working range of a surgical instrument to be used on the organ or to the diameter of a prosthetic device to be attached to the organ. Tapered insertion regions having atraumatic tips extend from each of the substantially cylindrical sizing portions. The surgical instrument provides a fast and simple technique for measuring the lumen of an organ.