INSTRUMENT FOR GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY IN WOMEN

摘要

A surgical device consisting of two curved arms (2, 3), held together by a movable joint (4). One arm has in the end one or more elongated holes and when the device is closed the holes form an extension to the tube(s) on the other arm. The device can be opened by freeing teeth in the ratchet (11) from the teeth in element (4) and it is shut and locked automatically in a position where the holes in one arm complete the extension of the tubes in the other arm. The device also comprises a thin long needle(s) which in use will be guided through the tube(s) in one of the arms, and a movable needle holder (10). The instrument has several uses e.g. needle suspension for incontinence or prolapse.