Patent ID: 6235037
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical apparatus comprising:(a) an elongated housing, having a handle end and a manipulation end;(b) a bore extending through the housing;(c) a manipulation means comprising a rod which extends through the bore in the housing with an end portion which extends from the manipulation end of the elongated housing, which rod is reciprocally movable and rotatable within the bore of the housing to enable the end portion of the rod to be further extended from or retracted towards and rotated about the manipulation end of the housing, and a tip part extending beyond the end portion of the rod;(d) a diaphragm situated distal the handle end of the housing and adapted to be inflated and deflated substantially circumferentially from the housing; and(e) a channel for passing a gas from the end portion of the rod past the diaphragm, extending along or through the rod and having an exit in or adjacent to the end portion of the rod between the manipulation end of the housing and the tip part extending beyond the end portion of the rod.