Elvis J Garcia

US Patent:

20110301598, Dec 8, 2011

Filed:

Jun 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/795150

Inventors:

Juan J. Arias - Hollywood FL, US
Martin P. Michalewski - Deerfield Beach FL, US
Elvis Garcia - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

A61B 18/14

US Classification:

606 45

Abstract:

An electrocautery cutting instrument includes a shaft having a first handle at one end and an elastic wire loop at the other. An outer tube is longitudinally displaceable over the shaft to collapse and permit expansion of the wire loop. The wire loop is sized for surrounding the uterus during a gynecological procedure. The wire loop has bends that bias the loop into a planar configuration when the wire loop is in an expanded configuration. The distal portion of the wire loop is integrally formed of the same flexible wire as the proximal portion of the wire loop, but has a different cross-sectional shape from the proximal portion.