US 10,869,668 B2Granted

Surgical device

AssigneeAtriCure, Inc.

InventorsSalvatore Privitera, James David Hughett, Sr., Keith Edward Martin

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Abstract

A medical instrument comprising: (A) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in an X-Y plane; (B) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a Y-Z plane perpendicular to the X-Y plane; and, (C) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A medical instrument comprising:

a hand-held control at least partially housing a plurality of controls;
a first joint including first joint components that are repositionable with respect to one another within a first degree of freedom;
a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint including second joint components that are repositionable with respect to one another within a second degree of freedom, the second degree of freedom being different than the first degree of freedom;
an elongated conduit operatively coupling the hand-held control to at least one of the first joint and the second joint;
and,
an open-ended occlusion clip deployer comprising a pair of repositionable jaws operatively coupled to the second joint, each of the pair of repositionable jaws pivotally coupled to a respective link clip that is operatively coupled to at least a portion of the second joint, each of the respective link clips being operatively coupled to a drive cable via a respective link plate, where the drive cable comprises a portion of one of the plurality of controls.

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A medical instrument comprising:

a controller at least partially housing a plurality of controls;
a first joint including first joint components that are repositionable with respect to one another within a first degree of freedom via a first control of the plurality of controls;
a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint including second joint components that are repositionable with respect to one another within a second degree of freedom via a second control of the plurality of controls, the second degree of freedom being different than the first degree of freedom;
an elongated conduit operatively coupling the controller to at least one of the first joint and the second joint;
and,
an open-ended occlusion clip end effector operatively coupled to the second joint, the open-ended occlusion clip end effector including jaws repositionable between an open position and a closed position, each of the repositionable jaws repositionably coupled to a respective linkage that is repositionably coupled to at least a portion of the second joint, where the respective linkages are also coupled to one another via a repositionable connection.

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Facts

Application: 14/989,985Filed 7 Jan 2016 · continuation
Priority: 15 Aug 2011
Published: US 2016/0113656 A128 Apr 2016
Granted: 22 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61B 17/10
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for applying or removing wound clamps , e.g. containing only one clamp or staple ; Wound clamp magazines
A61B 17/00
Surgical instruments, devices or methods
A61B 17/00234
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery
A61B 17/083
Wound clamps or clips, i.e. not or only partly penetrating the tissue ; Devices for bringing together the edges of a wound: clips, e.g. resilient

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Application61/523,805Us provisional application · filed 15 Aug 2011
Application13/586,737Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Aug 2012
US 2016/0113656 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Apr 2016
US 9,265,486 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0131649 A1Published application
US 10,869,668 B2This patent

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