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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert B. Hunt, Dover, MA (US);
Gerald S. Melsky, Lexington, MA (US);
Stephen C. Evans, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/728 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/728 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument including a handle assembly; a shaft connected on one end to the handle assembly; and an end assembly extending from the other end of the shaft. The end assembly is constructed to include a fixed member including on one portion thereof a fixed scissor blade and on another portion thereof a fixed forcep jaw. The end assembly also includes a pivotable scissor blade for cutting tissue between the fixed scissor blade and the pivotable scissor blade and a pivotable forcep jaw for grasping tissue between the fixed forcep jaw and the pivotable forcep jaw.