US 11,890,027 B2
Microforceps
Jessica Russo, Sagamore Hills, OH (US); Keith R. John, Chardon, OH (US); Alex Uspenski, Chardon, OH (US); and Gerald Chiappone, Painesville, OH (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC., Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by United States Endoscopy Group, Inc., Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/124,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,170, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186545 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/29 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00845 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2932 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscopy device comprising:
a fork defining a guide channel and including a pair of fork pins at a distal end of the fork within the guide channel;
a pair of control arms pivotally mounted about the fork at a proximal end of the guide channel; and
a pair of jaws movable between a closed position and open position,
wherein each jaw includes a grasping portion having a plurality of teeth and a connection portion, wherein the grasping portion includes at least a front tooth formed at a distal end of the grasping portion and a plurality of rear teeth formed between the front tooth and a proximal end of the grasping portion;
wherein the connection portion includes a first opening at a distal end of the connection portion and a second opening at a proximal end of the connection portion, wherein the first opening is elongated and the pair of jaws are pivotally mounted directly to the pair of fork pins at a distal end of the guide channel via the first opening, wherein the pair of fork pins are offset from one another within the guide channel and wherein each jaw is pivotally mounted to one of the pair of control arms via the second opening.