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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Timothy J. Bozung, Scotts, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
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 a telescoping nose mechanism including a nose tube, an intermediate unit having a carriage extending from the nose tube to enable linear translation of the nose tube, and a drive motor cooperating with the carriage to linearly translate the nose tube relative to the hand-held portion with respect to a third degree of freedom.