Cutting device
CA 2104911 A1 · Owner: Ethicon, Inc. · Inventors: Hempel, Sven
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Abstract, A cutting device for a surgical instrument (1) especially for, a laparoscopic instrument for the cutting of binding elements, such as ligature binders (20) surgical suture material, etc. or, of other objects is described the end-piece which is to be cut, off (26) of the object being drawn in by the instrument (1) until a thicker section of the object, such as the headpiece (24) of a ligature binder (20) or a knot in surgical suture material, etc. reaches the vicinity of an instrument head (3). The cutting device (5) has a cutting part arranged at the instrument head (3), the cutting edge of the cutting part being moved essentially transversely through the end-piece (26) by an …
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- Filed August 26, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 26, 2013.
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