Patent ID: 7662153
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for severing a blood vessel, comprising: a shaft adapted to be inserted into a patient and defining a longitudinal axis; first and second flexible sleeves movable longitudinally within the shaft; first and second clamps disposed within respective first and second sleeves, each clamp comprising two flexible strips extending within a respective one of the sleeves and a pair of jaws mounted at front ends of respective strips, the strips and sleeves being relatively longitudinally movable, wherein the jaws of each pair of jaws are movable toward one another to clamp a vessel in response to relative longitudinal sliding movement between the associated strips and the respective sleeves; and a cam structure carried by the shaft and arranged to cam the sleeves and the respective clamps in respective opposite directions in response to relative longitudinal movement between the sleeves and the cam structure for severing a vessel clamped in said clamps.