Inventors:
Daniel L. Wohl - Jacksonville FL, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/26
Abstract:
A tonsil forceps having first and second intersecting and pivoting arm members, releasable locking members for securing the forceps in multiple positions and sets of inwardly curved, blunt tipped, finger-like tine members, wherein the sets of tine members do not contact each other when the forceps are closed. In at least one of the locked positions, the tips on one set of the finger-like tines do not cross the tips of the other set of finger-like tines. The finger-like tines extend from a palm-like curved portion of each arm member, and inwardly facing non-sharp projection members, such as raised ridges, blunted teeth or the like are located on the interior sides of the palm-like curved portions. The projecting members are non-contacting with each other even in the maximum closed forceps position.