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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
George W Weaver, East Earl, PA (US);
Medical Innovations Corporation, Draper, UT (US);
Abstract
Forceps for mounting on a substantially flexible guide wire include a first jaw defining a longitudinal lumen therethrough for mounting of the first jaw on a guide wire and for sliding longitudinal movement of the first jaw along the guide wire. A second jaw is pivotably secured to the first jaw. A flexible longitudinally-extending drive is secured to the second jaw and extends generally parallel to the guide wire. The drive is longitudinally movable between an open position wherein the jaws assume an open orientation enabling tissue to enter therebetween and a closed position wherein the jaws assume a closed orientation such that any tissue which entered intermediate the jaws in the open orientation is grasped therebetween for movement therewith.