Adapter assembly with gimbal for interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and surgical systems thereof
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsDavid Nicholas, Russell Pribanic
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices.
Claims20
A method of articulating a surgical loading unit operatively coupled to a surgical device by an adapter, the method comprising:
- rotating at least one rotatable drive shaft of the surgical device to rotate at least one threaded screw supported within the adapter and axially translate a plurality of threaded sleeves along the at least one threaded screw;
- translating a plurality of cables secured between the plurality of threaded sleeves and a gimbal;
- and
- articulating the gimbal with the plurality of cables to articulate the surgical loading unit relative to the adapter.
A method of operating a surgical loading unit operatively coupled to a surgical device by an adapter, the method comprising:
- rotating a rotatable drive shaft of the surgical device to rotate a threaded screw supported within the adapter and axially translate a threaded sleeve along the threaded screw;
- translating a cable secured between the threaded sleeve and a gimbal;
- and
- articulating the gimbal with the cable to articulate the surgical loading unit relative to the adapter.
A method of articulating a surgical loading unit operatively coupled to a surgical device by an adapter, the method comprising:
- rotating a rotatable drive shaft of the surgical device to rotate a threaded screw supported within the adapter;
- axially translating a threaded sleeve along the threaded screw;
- selectively tensioning a cable secured between the threaded sleeve and a gimbal;
- and
- moving the gimbal with the cable to articulate the surgical loading unit relative to the adapter when the cable is tensioned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.