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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Era Endoscopy S.r.l., Peccioli (Pisa), IT;
Inventor:
Samuele Gorini, Montecalvoli, IT;
Assignee:
ERA ENDOSCOPY S.R.L., Peccioli (Pisa), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00073 (2013.01); A61B 1/00075 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49908 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tubular guide suitable for use as an operating channel for the passage of surgical instruments in an inch-worm-type locomoted endoscopic instrument is described. The guide is fixed to the ends of the central body of the endoscopic instrument and has an elastic and corrugated intermediate portion so as to follow the elongations and the contractions of the central body of the endoscopic instrument without creating an obstacle to the passage of instruments.