Patent ID: 11911059
Assignee: THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical shunt assembly tool for attaching a catheter tube to a shunt valve tip, the catheter tube having an outer diameter, comprising: a handle having first and second elongate arms with a proximal end of each of said first and second elongate arms configured to be gripped by a digit of a clinician; a forcep including a first forcep law section attached to a distal end section of each of the first and second elongate arms, said first and second elongate arms being pivotally connected to each other at a location spaced from said distal end section of each of said first and second elongate arms; and each first forcep jaw section having a second forcep jaw section integrally formed therewith, the first forcep jaw sections having a size and shape that define an oval shaped opening when the forcep is closed, each second forcep jaw section having a size and shape that forms a cylinder with a circular shaped opening when the forcep is closed, said circular shaped opening having a diameter greater than the oval shaped opening when the forcep is closed, the oval shaped opening and the circular shaped opening being colinear, the diameter of the circular shaped opening being equal to the outer diameter of the catheter tube to be attached to a shunt valve tip and a size of the oval shaped opening selected to pinch closed the catheter tube when the forcep is closed.