PETER FAN, M.D.
Medical Practice at Chestnut Ridge Rd, Upper Saddle River, NJ
License number
New Jersey MA 24646
Category
Medical Practice
Type
Specialist
Address
Address
21 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Phone
(201) 646-0066
Professional information
Laparoscopic Dual Grasper
US Patent:
2012023, Sep 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar 18, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/051992
Inventors:
Peter Fan - Saddle River NJ, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/28
US Classification:
606205
Abstract:
Two laparoscopic graspers are merged, having one external sheath, one handle, two pairs of jaws, two actuating rods, and two controls. Two instruments may now be used in one hand, through one port, facilitating intra-corporeal knot tying. This new “laparoscopic dual grasper” is designed to enable the passing of one end of the suture around the opposite strand to make the required “throw”. This same instrument with the additional feature of the external shaft split into two halves, with a sliding connection, permits one of the two graspers to extend further, enabling two adjacent points on the same suture to be brought together, producing a loop, which is an alternate method of making the “throw” in the tying of a knot.