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US 11,684,440 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.
Claims41
A surgical instrument comprising:
- an end tool comprising a first jaw and a second jaw operating independently of each other;
- an operator controlling operations of the first and second jaws of the end tool;
- an operating force transmitter comprising a pitch wire connected with the operator to transmit a pitch motion of the operator to the end tool, a yaw wire connected with the operator to transmit a yaw motion of the operator to the end tool, and an actuation wire connected with the operator to transmit an actuation motion of the operator to the end tool;
- a connector having one end portion coupled to the end tool and another end portion coupled to the operator to connect the operator and the end tool;
- a yaw pulley which is formed on one side of the first jaw and the second jaw and around which the yaw wire is wound;
- and
- a pitch pulley which is formed on one side of the yaw pulley and around which the pitch wire is wound,
- wherein
- at least a portion of the operator is formed to extend toward the end tool, and
- an operation direction of the operator and an operation direction of the end tool are intuitively identical to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.