Articulation systems for positioning minimally invasive surgical tools
AssigneeNuVasive, Inc.
InventorsCorbett W. Stone, David G. Matsuura, Walter D. Gillespie, James F. Marino
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Abstract
An articulator for positioning a tool during a surgical procedure, comprising: a longitudinally extending body; a plurality of transverse grooves extending inwardly from opposite lateral sides of the longitudinally extending body; and a plurality of recesses extending inwardly from the opposite lateral sides of the longitudinally extending body, the plurality of recesses defining an articulation control wire lumen and a tool control wire lumen, and wherein the tool control lumen is disposed collinear with a neutral bending axis of the articulator.
Claims35
An articulator for positioning a tool during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending body;
- a plurality of transverse grooves extending inwardly from opposite lateral sides of the longitudinally extending body;
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- a plurality of recesses extending inwardly from the opposite lateral sides of the longitudinally extending body, the plurality of recesses defining an articulation control wire lumen and a tool control wire lumen, and wherein the tool control lumen is disposed collinear with a neutral bending axis of the articulator.
An articulator for positioning a tool during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending body;
- a plurality of transverse grooves extending inwardly from opposite lateral sides of the longitudinally extending body;
- and
- a plurality of recesses extending inwardly from the opposite sides of the longitudinally extending body, wherein the plurality of recesses define a central control wire lumen, and wherein one side of the central control wire lumen is disposed collinear with a neutral bending axis of the articulator.
An articulator for positioning a tool during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending body;
- a plurality of transverse grooves extending inwardly from opposite sides of the longitudinally extending body;
- a tool control wire lumen extending longitudinally through the longitudinally extending body, the tool control wire lumen being collinear with a neutral bending axis of the articulator;
- and
- an articulation control wire lumen disposed parallel to the tool control wire lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.