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US 2017/0319223 A1Published application
Surgical tool
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorHiromu IKEDA
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Abstract
The surgical tool (1) is including a main unit (2) including a case (21) and a hollow shaft (22) provided on the case (21), a holder assembly (3) that holds a living tissue (T) in the body cavity, a connector (4) that connects the main unit (2) inserted through the shaft (22) to the holder assembly (3), an operating unit (5) that is provided on the main unit (2) to allow the connector (4) to enter or leave the shaft (22) and a tension adjustor (6) capable of adjusting the tension of the connector (4).
Claims10
A surgical tool comprising:
- a main unit including a case and a hollow shaft provided on the case,
- a holder assembly for holding a living tissue within the body cavity,
- a connector that is inserted through the shaft to connect the main unit to the holder assembly, and
- a tension adjustor that moves the connector relative to the shaft for adjustment of tension of the connector, wherein the tension adjustor comprises:
- a tension detector that detects the tension of the connector, and
- a driver that is provided on the case to drive the connector on the basis of a value detected by the tension detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.