Motorized reel apparatus for needle biopsy operations
OwnerJustin Rowleyinventor
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Abstract
A motorized reel apparatus suitable for endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy (EBUS) is presented. The present invention attaches to any suitable corresponding biopsy needle stylus. The motorized reel apparatus contains a reel housing, a spool drum, a spool spindle, a motor, and a controller. The reel housing contains wire outlet aperture. The wire outlet aperture traverses through the reel housing. The spool drum is connected within the reel housing. The spool spindle operatively engages along the spool drum, where the spool spindle can dispense a biopsy wire along the wire outlet aperture. The motor is rotatably engaged to the spool spindle. The controller is electrically connected to the motor, where the controller is configured to retract or deploy a biopsy wire along the wire outlet aperture.
Claims13
A motorized reel apparatus comprising:
- a reel housing;
- a spool drum;
- a spool spindle;
- an adjustment element;
- a drive shaft;
- a motor;
- a controller;
- the reel housing comprising a wire guide and a wire outlet aperture;
- the spool drum comprising a spindle receiving channel, a wire receiving groove, and a wire inlet;
- the spool spindle comprising a spindle body and a wire shuttle;
- the spool drum being connected within the reel housing;
- the spindle body being connected terminally adjacent to the wire shuttle;
- the spindle receiving channel traversing into the spool drum;
- the wire receiving groove traversing into the spool drum;
- the spindle body being operatively engaged to the spindle receiving channel through the adjustment element, wherein the spindle body is configured to rotate and traverse along the spool drum, and wherein the adjustment element is configured to adjust the spool spindle along the spool drum in length;
- the wire shuttle being operatively engaged to the wire receiving groove;
- the wire inlet traversing through the spool drum;
- the wire outlet aperture traversing through the reel housing;
- the wire guide being connected between the wire inlet and the wire outlet aperture;
- the wire shuttle, the wire inlet, and the wire guide being in fluid communication to each other;
- the drive shaft being rotatably connected within the reel housing;
- the drive shaft being torsionally engaged to the spool spindle;
- the drive shaft being slidably connected to the spool spindle;
- the drive shaft being rotatably engaged to the motor;
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- the controller being electrically connected to the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.