Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Kirara Kono

Tatsuya Suzuki

Hideo Sanai

Shunsuke Matsui

Yuki Amano

Hiroshi Minami

A surgical tool including a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, a yoke disposed within the housing between the proximal end and the distal end, a handle pivotally coupled to the housing, and a pivot assembly coupling the yoke to the housing. The pivot assembly includes a first link having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first link is rotatably coupled to the housing and the second end of the first link rotatably coupled to a second link at a first end of the second link. The second link has a second end rotatably coupled to the yoke. The handle is coupled to the pivot assembly such that movement of the handle causes movement of the yoke.

Growing community of inventors

Tachikawa, Japan

Kirara Kono