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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Sharad Joshi, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jean-luc Boulnois, Boston, MA (US);
Albert A. Lepage, Jr., Peabody, MA (US);
Christopher Devlin, Wakefield, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Sharad Joshi, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jean-Luc Boulnois, Boston, MA (US);
Albert A. LePage, Jr., Peabody, MA (US);
Christopher Devlin, Wakefield, MA (US);
Microline Surgical, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);
Abstract
An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router having a proximal knuckle assembly having a proximal segment knuckle affixed to the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment, a lumen knuckle affixed to the distal end of the lumen, and a proximal hinge pin knuckle positioned about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is bent against the proximal segment knuckle, the lumen knuckle and the proximal hinge pin knuckle when the proximal articulable segment is generally parallel with the lumen.