GB1309494A - Surgical instrument for hysterectomy - Google Patents

Abstract

1309494 Surgical instrument for hysterectomy VSESOJUZNY NAUCHNO-ISSLEDOVATELSKY INSTITUT KHIRURGICHESKOI APPARATURY I INSTRUMENTOV 4 May 1971 [4 May 1970] 12871/71 Heading A5R A surgical instrument for hysterectomy comprises a generally U-shaped body 2 for accommodating a uterine portion to be exercised between its limbs 8, 9, Figure 2, a locking bar 13 adapted to interact with the limbs to hold the uterine portion in position, guide slots (12, 11), Figure 3 (not shown), provided in the locking bar, and in the body extending between the limbs, a knife 1 reciprocal in the guide slots between an initial and a terminal position, said knife having first, second and third blades whereof the first blade 3 is of lanceolate configuration while the second and third blades 4 together form a V-shape the edges of which are in a plane which is inclined with respect to the first blade, and an actuator 7 for controlling the reciprocal displacement of the knife 1 along the guide slots. The limbs 8 and 9 of the body 2 have inner cavities (a, b), Figure 1 (not shown), corresponding in shape to the external profile of the knife 1, whereby the knife may be sheathed in the cavities in its initial and terminal positions of travel.