Patent ID: 9603614
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical gripping device, comprising: a flexible shaft having a front end and a rear end; a fixed leg member mounted at the front end of the shaft; first and second actuatable leg members mounted at the front end of the shaft adjacent to the fixed leg member such that a mouth is formed between each actuatable leg member and the fixed leg member; a handle comprising first and second slides; a first at least partially flexible control mechanism arranged at least partially in the shaft, the first mechanism comprising the first slide and a first transmission element connecting the first slide to the first actuatable leg member; a second at least partially flexible control mechanism arranged at least partially in the shaft, the second control mechanism comprising the second slide and a second transmission element connecting the second slide to the second actuatable leg member; a connecting element connecting the handle to the rear end of the flexible shaft, the connecting element having a chamber which is split into first and second through passages which run apart in a V-shape and guide the first and second transmission elements with the first transmission being guided in the first through passage and the second transmission element being guided in the second through passage; wherein the first and second control mechanisms are configured to independently operate the first and second actuatable leg members such that the medical gripping device includes two mouths adapted to be opened and closed independently of each other thus two tissue portions can be separated gripped and fixed.