摘要 |
A laparoscopic apparatus for inserting and applying a sheet of surgical material comprising: a handle; a sleeve extending forwardly of the handle; a divided spindle comprising a plurality of elongate members forming jaws which are moveable between an open position in which a sheet of surgical material may be placed between or removed from the jaws and a closed position wherein te sheet may be engaged between the jaws and furled on the spindle, the members being biassed towards the open position; the elongate members extending through said sleeve, and be slidably within sleeve md the elongate members be urged into te closed position as the spindle is withdrawn into the sleeve; the sleeve and the elongate members extending hugh a protective outer tube so that the elongate members and a sheet furled there may be reversibly withdrawn into a forward end of the outer tube.
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