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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Vita Solutions Llc, Dunseith, ND (US);
Justin Barbot, Dunseith, ND (US);
Jason Scherer, Woodbury, MN (US);
Richard Arthur Thompson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Thomas Arthur Tedham, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Reed Oliver Saunders, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Vita Solutions LLC, Dunseith, ND (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument assembly is provided. In some embodiments, an example surgical instrument assembly includes a surgical instrument configured to pass through a guide tube having a proximal end and a distal end. The surgical instrument can include one or more arms configured to extend from the intermediate position, each arm having one or more joints positioned along the arm and an end effector attached at the distal end of each arm. The surgical instrument assembly can include a control assembly positioned at the proximal end and configured to control the movement of the joints and the end effectors.