Ophthalmic tweezers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12150892-B2
Application number	US-202017286305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2020
Priority date	Mar 6, 2019
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

There are provided ophthalmic tweezers capable of easily adjusting the strength of a gripping force depending on use conditions. Ophthalmic tweezers ( 10 ) include a tweezers section ( 20 ) which has a tubular body ( 21 ), a pair of neck portions ( 22 ), and a pair of grippers ( 23 ) located on the leading end side of the neck portions ( 22 ). The tweezers section ( 20 ) has a structure in which the grippers ( 23 ) are closed by causing the tubular body ( 21 ) to slide such that the neck portions ( 22 ) are housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body ( 21 ). The neck portions ( 22 ) each have a first curved or bent portion ( 22 a ) having a convex shape on the central axis side of the tubular body ( 21 ) and a second curved or bent portion ( 22 b ) having a concave shape on the central axis side of the tubular body ( 21 ). The first curved or bent portion ( 22 a ) is located on the tubular body side, and the second curved or bent portion ( 22 b ) is located on the gripper side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Ophthalmic tweezers comprising a tweezers section, the tweezers section including:
a tubular body;
a pair of neck portions; and
a pair of grippers located on a leading end side of the pair of neck portions, wherein
the tweezers section has a structure in which the pair of grippers are closed by causing the tubular body to slide such that the pair of neck portions are housed in an inner cavity of the tubular body,
the pair of neck portions each have a first curved or bent portion having a convex shape on a central axis side of the tubular body and a second curved or bent portion having a concave shape on the central axis side of the tubular body, and the first curved or bent portion is located on the tubular body side, and the second curved or bent portion is located on the gripper side,
leading ends of the pair of grippers contact each other when the first curved or bent portions are housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body, and
an entirety of the pair of grippers contacts each other when the second curved or bent portions are housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body.

2. The ophthalmic tweezers according to claim 1 , wherein
a gripping force of the pair of grippers is improved when the second curved or bent portions are housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body.

3. The ophthalmic tweezers according to claim 1 , wherein
the pair of grippers each have based ends opposing the leading ends,
when the leading ends of the pair of grippers contact each other and the base ends of the pair of grippers are not in contact with each other, the first curved or bent portions are fully housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body and the second curved or bent portions are located outside the inner cavity of the tubular body.

4. The ophthalmic tweezers according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first curved or bent portions are fully housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body and the second curved or bent portions are located outside the inner cavity of the tubular body, a maximum width between the second curved or bent portions are larger than an inner diameter of the inner cavity of the tubular body.

Assignees

• Mani Inc

Inventors

• Tazawa Yoshiyuki

Classifications

• A61B17/30 Primary

  Surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers {without pivotal connections (for holding suture needles or materials A61B17/0483)} · CPC title

• A61B2017/305

  Tweezer like handles with tubular extensions, inner slidable actuating members and distal tools, e.g. microsurgical instruments · CPC title

• A61F9/007

  Methods or devices for eye surgery · CPC title

• A61F9/00736 Primary

  Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments (A61F9/008 takes precedence) · CPC title