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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Gene H. Arts, Berthoud, CO (US);
Timothy J. Bahney, Portland, OR (US);
John D. Carlton, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Berthoud, CO (US);
William Nau, Longmont, CO (US);
Gene H. Arts, Berthoud, CO (US);
Timothy J. Bahney, Portland, OR (US);
John D. Carlton, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Berthoud, CO (US);
William Nau, Longmont, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical apparatus for performing a surgical procedure includes a housing having an elongated flexible shaft with proximal and distal ends. The shaft having a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels configured to house a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments. An actuator is dimensioned for selective reciprocation within the shaft and configured to operably engage one or more of the corresponding plurality of surgical instruments and deploy the corresponding surgical instrument to an operating cavity as needed during a surgical procedure.