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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henri F de Guillebon, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA (US);
Assignee:
Microline, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606205 ; 606170 ; 606174 ; 600564 ;
Abstract
A laparoscopic instrument assembly for use with a removable tip. The shaft between the removable tip and the external, body or handle portion of the instrument includes a rod moving axially within a sheath to transmit the manipulation of the handle portion to actuate the tip. Both the sheath and the rod are removable from the handle for cleaning of the instrument. Thus, after use, the shaft may be readily disassembled from the handle, the shaft and handle portion sterilized, and the shaft and handle readily reassembled for reuse of the instrument. Alternatively, a non-removable tip may be provided as part of a shaft-tip unit.