Microinvasive surgery device
AssigneeUniversity of Basel
InventorsConrad Heid, Thomas Wegele, Philipp Preissler, Lukas Eggenberger, Georg Rauter
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AssigneeUniversity of Basel
InventorsConrad Heid, Thomas Wegele, Philipp Preissler, Lukas Eggenberger, Georg Rauter
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A microinvasive surgery device includes a body element, a tube component, a plurality of tools each having an operative portion to contact a target and a proximal portion, a magazine having a plurality of chambers each configured to receive a tool, a tool interchange mechanism, and a power supply arrangement. The tool interchange mechanism activates a tool by advancing the tool through the tube component and mounting the tool to a distal portion of the tube component, and deactivates the tool by demounting the tool and retracting the tool through the tube component. The power supply arrangement provides electricity to a proximal portion of a tool when the tool is mounted. Each tool is configured either to transmit electricity through the proximal portion to the operative portion or to electrically isolate the proximal portion so that no electrical transmission to the operative portion is possible when the tool is mounted.
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A microinvasive surgery device comprising:
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