Surgical apparatus
AssigneeLinus Ventures LLC
InventorPaul Kaloostian
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Abstract
A surgical apparatus can include a central body that houses a group of different surgical instruments, wherein each surgical instrument among the group of different surgical instruments retracts or deploys from a respective pathway within the central body. The surgical apparatus can also include one or more buttons among a group of buttons located on a thumb side of the central body, such that a surgical instrument among the different surgical instruments can deploy from the respective pathway or retracts back into the respective pathway within the central body in response to a respective push or retraction of the one or more buttons.
Claims27
A surgical apparatus, comprising:
- a central body that houses a plurality of different surgical instruments, wherein each surgical instrument among the plurality of different surgical instruments is configured to retract or deploy from a respective pathway within the central body, the central body including a working end through which a surgical instrument among the plurality of different surgical instruments is configured to be deployed;
- at least one button among a plurality of buttons located on a thumb side of the central body, wherein a surgical instrument among the plurality of different surgical instruments is configured to deploy from the respective pathway or retract back into the respective pathway within the central body in response to a respective push or retraction of the at least one button, wherein the working end comprises at least one joint that allows for the surgical instrument to be ejected to change or mold to a desired angle, size or length.
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