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US 2018/0000534 A1Published application
Arthroscopic devices and methods
AssigneeRELIGN Corporation
InventorsAaron Germain, Jan Echeverry, Jeff Norton
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Abstract
An arthroscopy system includes both a motorized handpiece and a detachable probe. The motorized handpiece includes a rotating driver which is configured to engage a rotatable drive coupling within a hub of the probe. The probe has a shaft with an articulating distal region, and the rotatable drive coupling is configured to convert the rotary motion of the rotating driver to an articulating motion within the articulating region of the probe.
Claims41
A device for use with a motorized handpiece having a rotating driver, said device comprising:
- a shaft having a proximal end and an articulating distal region;
- a hub attached to the proximal end of the shaft, said hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece;
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- a rotatable drive coupling within the hub configured to detachably engage the rotating driver when the hub is connected to the handpiece, wherein rotation of the drive coupling by the driver causes the articulating distal region of the shaft to articulate.
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An arthroscopy system, comprising:
- a motorized handpiece having a motor shaft;
- a probe having (a) a proximal hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece and (b) a shaft having an articulating distal region;
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- a rotatable drive coupling within the hub adapted for coupling to the motor shaft, wherein rotation of the drive coupling by the motor shaft causes articulation said articulating region.
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An arthroscopy system, comprising:
- a motorized handpiece having an electronic display;
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- a probe having a hub connected to a shaft having an articulating distal region, the hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece, wherein the motor is configured to articulate the articulating region of the probe shaft;
- wherein the display provides a visual indication showing a shape of the articulating region induced by the motorized handpiece.
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An arthroscopy system, comprising:
- a motorized handpiece having a motor actuator button;
- a probe having a hub connected to a shaft having an articulating distal region, the hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece wherein the motor is configured to articulate the articulating region of the probe shaft;
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- wherein the actuator button is configured such that continued pressure on the actuator button continuously articulates the articulating region between a linear shape and a fully articulated shape or vice versa, and wherein release of pressure on the actuator button stops the articulating region in a selected shape.
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An arthroscopy system, comprising:
- a motorized handpiece having a motor actuator button;
- a probe having a hub connected to a shaft having an articulating distal region, the hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece wherein the motor is configured to articulate the articulating region of the probe shaft;
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- wherein the actuator button is configured such that pressure and release of pressure on the actuator button articulates the articulating region from a linear shape to a fully articulated shape or vice versa.
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An arthroscopy system, comprising:
- a motorized handpiece having a motor actuator button;
- a probe having a hub connected to a shaft having an articulating distal region, the hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece wherein the motor is configured to articulate the articulating region of the probe shaft;
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- wherein the actuator button is configured such that pressure and release of pressure on the actuator button articulates the articulating region a selected number of degrees from a linear shape to a fully articulated shape or vice versa.
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An arthroscopy system, comprising:
- a motorized handpiece having at least one actuator button;
- an RF probe having a hub connected to a shaft having an articulating distal region, the hub adapted for detachable connection to the motorized handpiece wherein the motor is configured to articulate the articulating region of the probe shaft;
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- wherein an actuator button is configured to select different modes of RF current delivery to bi-polar electrodes carried by the probe shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.