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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Jacques Francois Bernard Marescaux, Scharrachbergheim, FR;
Jeffrey S. Melanson, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Bernard Dallemagne, Beauafys, BE;
Joel Leroy, Schiltigheim, FR;
Didier Raoul Daniel Mutter, Vendenheim, FR;
James P. Barry, Charlton, MA (US);
Stefan Storz, Wurmlingen, DE;
Martin Leonhard, Emmingen, DE;
Jacques Francois Bernard Marescaux, Scharrachbergheim, FR;
Jeffrey S. Melanson, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Bernard Dallemagne, Beauafys, BE;
Joel Leroy, Schiltigheim, FR;
Didier Raoul Daniel Mutter, Vendenheim, FR;
James P. Barry, Charlton, MA (US);
Stefan Storz, Wurmlingen, DE;
Martin Leonhard, Emmingen, DE;
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Abstract
An endoscopic surgical instrument is provided that includes a handle portion, an elongated middle portion, an articulating portion and a tool portion. The tool portion is steerable by control mechanisms disposed on the handle portion which are accessible to a single hand of a user of the endoscopic surgical instrument. The endoscopic surgical instrument is advantageously employed in a variety of endoscopic surgical techniques, including transgastric or transluminal surgery.