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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jim Deacon, Goleta, CA (US);
Hendrik S. Westra, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Computer Motion, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/734 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/734 ;
Abstract
An instrument guide that can compensate for surgical instruments that have different outer diameters. The instrument guide includes a shaft that has an inner channel adapted to receive a surgical instrument. The guide also has a leaf that can be deflected relative to the shaft to exert a spring force onto the instrument. The amount of leaf deflection is dependent upon the outer diameter of the surgical instrument.