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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
S. Duke Herrell, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert J. Webster, III, Nashville, TN (US);
Trevor Bruns, Nashville, TN (US);
Philip J. Swaney, Nashville, TN (US);
Richard Hendrick, Nasvhville, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for performing endoscopic surgery on a patient () includes at least two concentric tube manipulators () adapted to carry devices () for performing a surgical operation. A transmission () operates the concentric tube manipulators (). An endoscope tube () has a proximal end portion fixed to the transmission (). The concentric tube manipulators () extend from the transmission () through an inner lumen () of the endoscope tube () and are operable to extend from a distal end () of the endoscope tube.