Patent ID: 7182775
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A grasper arrangement having a pair of opposed, elongated, movable jaw members at a distal end of said grasper arrangement pinchably actuatable from a handle portion at a proximal end of said grasper arrangement, said jaw members each having a toothed insert attachably secured thereon to thus comprise a pair of opposed toothed inserts; each said toothed insert having an array of teeth disposed on a first side thereof to grasp body tissue therewith, wherein said array of teeth has a wavy sinusoidal shape when viewed from a longitudinal cross section of each said toothed insert, and wherein a crest height of said array of teeth decreases from a distal end of the movable jaw members toward a proximal end of the movable jaw members so as to form a gradually increasing gap therebetween, and said gap increases towards the proximal end of the movable jaw members and each said toothed insert having a securement on a second side thereof to securely engage said jaw members thereto.