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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Savage, West Chester, OH (US);
Craig T. Gates, West Chester, OH (US);
Douglas E. Withers, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam D. Hensel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for positioning a surgical instrument are described herein. In one embodiment, a positioning device can include a base that can be placed against tissue and a shuttle including a lumen that can receive a surgical instrument. The lumen can be translated in at least two directions relative to the base and an orientation of the lumen relative to the base can be polyaxially adjusted. Further, the device can include a locking mechanism that, upon actuation, prevents both translational movement and polyaxial movement of the lumen relative to the base.