摘要 |
An endoscopic scissor instrument includes an elongate hollow member and first and second scissor blades each having longitudinally angled distal features. At least one scissor blade is rotatably mounted in a clevis adjacent the distal end of the hollow member. The clevis includes a pivot mechanism and spring bias means, disposed adjacent the pivot mechanism on at least one external side of the first and second scissor blades, for biasing transverse movement of the scissor blades toward one another. The spring bias means of the clevis and the angling of the distal features of the scissor blades serves to generate spring forces acting on the respective cutting edges such that there is an automatic preloading force imparted between the cutting edges of the scissors' blades.
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