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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kristin D. Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61M 39/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00535 (2013.01); A61B 2017/347 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3409 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5272 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0267 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0279 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical port assembly for use with surgical instruments includes a body including an exterior surface and an interior space defined by an interior surface of the body. The surgical port assembly includes a control interface including a plurality of drive members coupled to the body and controllable to apply a force to a different portion of a shaft of an surgical instrument, when the shaft is disposed within the interior space, to move a distal portion of the surgical instrument to a desired position within a body cavity.