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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Colubrismx, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Daniel H. Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Dong Suk Shin, Houston, TX (US);
Taeho Jang, Houston, TX (US);
Yongman Park, Houston, TX (US);
Jeihan Lee, Houston, TX (US);
Hongmin Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Kihoon Nam, Houston, TX (US);
Seokyung Han, Houston, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas, Austin, TX (US);
ColubrisMX, Inc, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided herein as an end effector for a surgical apparatus including a housing having an outer wall and an opening therein, and opposed first and second walls extending along opposite sides of the opening, a first actuator pivotally coupled to the first wall of the housing, a second actuator pivotally coupled to the second wall of the housing, and a coupling disposed within the opening of the housing and between at least a portion of the first and second actuators, the coupling including opposed first and second ends, each end pivotally coupled to a different one of the first and second actuators. To operate the actuators, a mechanism to controllably move a wire within a flexible tubular member, the wire including opposed wire ends extending outwardly of a proximal end of a flexible tubular member and a portion therebetween end connected to a actuator of the end effector is provided, and it includes a drive mechanism and a coupler extending between the drive mechanism and the wire end, wherein movement of the coupling in the direction of the wire end results in opposed motion of the wire end.