Cutting device

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A - Human Necessities

61

B

A61B 17/32 (2006.01) A61B 17/12 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2104911

- 13 - Abstract A cutting device for a surgical instrument (1), especially for a laparoscopic instrument, for the cutting of binding elements, such as ligature binders (20), surgical suture material, etc. or of other objects is described, the end-piece which is to be cut off (26) of the object being drawn in by the instrument (1) until a thicker section of the object, such as the headpiece (24) of a ligature binder (20) or a knot in surgical suture material, etc., reaches the vicinity of an instrument head (3). The cutting device (5) has a cutting part arranged at the instrument head (3), the cutting edge of the cutting part being moved essentially transversely through the end-piece (26) by an actuation part engaging at the thicker section (24) upon the continued drawing-in of the end-piece (26) which is severed when a pre-set force is exceeded. (Figure 1)

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