IP Library Granted Patent US 12,150,892
Granted Patent B2
US 12,150,892 · App. 17/286,305 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Ophthalmic tweezers

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Tazawa (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: MANI, INC.
A61F9/00736A61B17/30
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Patent No.
US 12,150,892
App. No.
17/286,305
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (15)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2021
From: TAZAWA, YOSHIYUKI
To: MANI, INC.
Reel/Frame 055946/0872 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-040976 · Mar 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220096268A1 · Mar 31, 2022