Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical instrument with linear translation mechanism
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Application No.: US16749509Application Date: 2020-01-22
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Publication No.: US11607231B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Timothy J. Bozung
- Applicant: Stryker Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/16
- IPC: A61B17/16 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/20 ; F16H25/20 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A surgical instrument comprises a hand-held portion configured to be manipulated by a user and a pivoting portion operatively coupled to the hand-held portion. The pivoting portion is configured to pivot with respect to the hand-held portion according to first and second degrees of freedom. The pivoting portion includes an accessory drive motor, an accessory drive member configured to be driven by the accessory drive motor, a plurality of lead screws, a carriage including a central aperture axially extending through the carriage and configured to interface with and linearly translate along the plurality of lead screws, and a linear drive motor configured to rotate the plurality of lead screws to linearly translate the carriage relative to the hand-held portion with respect to a third degree of freedom. The accessory drive member extends through and is configured to move within the central aperture of the carriage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200155169A1 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH LINEAR TRANSLATION MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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