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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Kevin C. Edwards, Olive Branch, MS (US);
Inventor:
Kevin C. Edwards, Olive Branch, MS (US);
Assignee:
Gyrus ENT L.L.C., Bartlett, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible-shaft surgical instrument has a compression member that is distally movable to provide a compression force between the compression member and a distal compression bearing to compress a plurality of links and rigidly lock a semi-rigid tube formed by those links at any of a variety of user-selectable predetermined positions. The semi-rigid tube is configured to be bent and locked at the user-selectable predetermined position and, upon proximal movement of the compression member, returned to an unlocked state without significant plastic deformation of the semi-rigid tube.