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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Robert M. Trusty, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
James T. Spivey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Omar J. Vakharia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dashiell A. Birnkrant, Worcester, MA (US);
John J. Elliott, Jr., Ashburnham, MA (US);
Robert M. Trusty, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
James T. Spivey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Omar J. Vakharia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dashiell A. Birnkrant, Worcester, MA (US);
John J. Elliott, Jr., Ashburnham, MA (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Abstract
A selectively positionable camera assembly for use in connection with a guide tube assembly that has a guide tube handle portion and at least one guide tube protruding therefrom. In various embodiments, the camera includes an elongated flexible camera portion that is sized to operably extend through at least one of the guide tubes of the guide tube assembly. A camera handle is operably coupled to the elongated flexible camera portion such that the handle is movably supported by at least a portion of the guide tube handle portion. At least one retainer is provided on the guide tube handle and/or the camera handle for releasably retaining the camera handle in any one of a plurality of orientations relative to the portion of the guide tube handle.