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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:
David Main, Leeds, GB;
Michael White, Leeds, GB;
Inventors:
David Main, Leeds, GB;
Michael White, Leeds, GB;
Assignee:
SURGICAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Leeds, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument including an elongate portion arranged, in use, to be inserted through a restricted opening into a body, the elongate portion being movable from a first configuration to a second, different configuration in which two parts of the instrument that are spaced from each other in the first configuration at least partially cross each other in the second configuration.