Inventors:
William Levin Newcomb - Newport News VA, US
David Lorin Newcomb - Morrisville NC, US
Stephen Duane Tester - Cary NC, US
Emily Joanne Newcomb - Morrisville NC, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/02, A61B 17/28, A61B 17/00
Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes first and second members, with each member including a handle adjacent a first end of the member, a working portion having an inner surface and an outer surface and extending from a second, opposite end of the member, and a pivot portion located between the handle and the working portion. The first and second members are pivotally connected at the pivot portions about a pivot axis such that the handles are movable between an open position in which the handles are spaced apart and the working portions are adjacent one another and a closed position in which the handles have been brought together and the working portions are spaced apart.