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US 11,628,027 B2Granted
Surgical instrument
AssigneeLivsmed Inc.
InventorJung Joo Lee
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Abstract
Provided are surgical instruments, and more particularly, surgical instruments that may be manually operated to perform laparoscopic operations or various surgical operations.
Claims38
A surgical instrument comprising:
- an end tool having one or more jaws and configured to rotate in two or more directions;
- an operator configured to control an operation of the end tool;
- an operating force transmitter including one or more wires and one or more pulleys to transmit an operation of the operator to the end tool;
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- a connector having one end portion coupled to the end tool and another end portion coupled to the operator to connect the operator to the end tool, wherein the operator includes a yaw operator configured to rotate around a yaw operating axis, wherein the yaw operator includes a terminal free end that extends toward the end tool, the terminal free end being located closer to the end tool than the yaw operating axis, wherein when the terminal free end of the yaw operator rotates in a direction around the yaw operating axis, the one or more jaws of the end tool rotate in substantially the same direction as the rotational direction of the terminal free end of the yaw operator to perform a yaw motion of the end tool, wherein the operator further includes a pitch operator configured to rotate around a pitch operating axis, wherein the operator further comprises:
- an actuation operator performing control such that at least one of the jaws of the end tool rotate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.