Clip deployment tool and associated methods
AssigneeAtriCure, Inc.
InventorsJames David Hughett, Sr., Keith Edward Martin, Kenneth Lance Miller, Michael Dolgin
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Abstract
A laparoscopic device comprising: (a) a housing operatively coupled to a first control and a second control; (b) an end effector operatively coupled to the first control, the end effector comprising a first component and a second component selectively repositionable with respect to one another within an X-Y plane, the end effector also including a third component selectively repositionable with respect to the second component within an Y-Z plane; (c) a laparoscopic conduit extending between the housing and the end effector; and, (d) an occlusion clip deployment device operatively coupled to the end effector and the second control.
Claims22
A surgical device comprising:
- a housing operatively coupled to a first control and a second control;
- an end effector operatively coupled to the first control, the end effector comprising a first component and a second component selectively repositionable with respect to one another as part of a first degree of freedom, the end effector also including a third component selectively repositionable with respect to the second component as part of a second degree of freedom;
- a surgical conduit mounted to and extending between the housing and the end effector;
- and,
- wherein the end effector includes an occlusion clip deployment device operatively coupled to the third component and the second control, the occlusion clip deployment device includes an enclosed frame delineating an opening, the enclosed frame sized to circumscribe a left atrial appendage.
A surgical device comprising:
- a housing operatively coupled to a first control;
- an end effector operatively coupled to the first control, the end effector comprising a dual pivot joint providing a first degree of freedom within a first plane and a second degree of freedom within a second plane, the second plane being non-coplanar with the first plane;
- a surgical conduit operatively coupled to and extending between the housing and the end effector;
- wherein the end effector includes an occlusion clip deployment device operatively coupled to the dual pivot joint, the occlusion clip deployment device includes an enclosed frame delineating an opening, the enclosed frame sized to circumscribe a left atrial appendage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.