Invention Grant
US08747238B2 Rotary drive shaft assemblies for surgical instruments with articulatable end effectors
有权
具有铰接式末端执行器的手术器械的旋转驱动轴组件
- Patent Title: Rotary drive shaft assemblies for surgical instruments with articulatable end effectors
- Patent Title (中): 具有铰接式末端执行器的手术器械的旋转驱动轴组件
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Application No.: US13536301Application Date: 2012-06-28
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Publication No.: US08747238B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jeffrey S. Swayze , Jerome R. Morgan , John L. Stammen , Chester O. Baxter, III
- Applicant: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jeffrey S. Swayze , Jerome R. Morgan , John L. Stammen , Chester O. Baxter, III
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Main IPC: F16C1/04
- IPC: F16C1/04
Abstract:
Drive shaft assemblies for a surgical instrument. Various forms include a plurality of movably interlocking joint segments that are interconnected to form a flexible hollow tube. A flexible secondary constraining member is configured in flexible constraining engagement with the plurality of movably interlocking joint segments to retain the interlocking joint segments in movable interlocking engagement while facilitating flexing of the drive shaft assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140005677A1 ROTARY DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ARTICULATABLE END EFFECTORS Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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