Patent ID: 9694164
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A scissor-like instrument for inserting a chest drainage tube into a pleural space of a patient, said instrument comprising: (a) first and second mirror image elements; (b) a pivot for pivotally attaching said first and second mirror image elements to one another and for accommodating pivotal movement of said first and second elements from a closed position to an open position; (c) each of said first and second mirror image elements including: (d) a tube formed by said channels of said first and second mirror image elements when said first and second elements are in the closed position to guide and permit passage therewithin of the chest drainage tube therethrough; (e) a further tube formed by said further channels of said first and second mirror image elements when said first and second mirror image elements are in the closed position to guide and permit passage therewithin of the chest drainage tube therethrough; and (f) said one side of each of said further channels collectively defining a tip, a curved ramp and a laterally oriented outlet channel for providing an egress for the chest drainage tube and for bending the chest drainage tube during translation of the chest drainage tube within said instrument when said first and second elements are in the closed position.