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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2010
Francisco Contijoch, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Michelle Harran, Neptune City, NJ (US);
Carolyn Purington, Rutland, MA (US);
Tom Chen, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Smita Mohan, San Jose, CA (US);
Aubri Gillespie, New Preston, CT (US);
Francisco Contijoch, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Michelle Harran, Neptune City, NJ (US);
Carolyn Purington, Rutland, MA (US);
Tom Chen, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Smita Mohan, San Jose, CA (US);
Aubri Gillespie, New Preston, CT (US);
Device Evolutions, LLC, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A laparoscopic nephrectomy device is disclosed. The device has an upper jaw and a lower jaw designed to clamp a portion of an organ, such as a kidney, so as to cut off blood flow locally to a portion of that organ. The upper jaw includes a mid-jaw piece and a top jaw piece, with each piece separately articulated. The mid-jaw piece is pivotably connected to the lower jaw. A top jaw piece is pivotably connected to the mid-jaw piece. The mid-jaw and top jaw pieces include a mechanism to fix the angular orientation of the mid-jaw and top jaw pieces with respect to one another, including a retractable slide piece that is carried by the mid-jaw piece and received in a slot in the top jaw piece. The jaws have insulated troughs that carry electrode structure for applying coagulative therapies.