Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsErnest Aranyi, Michael P. Whitman, Donald Malinouskas, David A. Nicholas
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a surgical device. The surgical device includes a jaw assembly and a camera assembly coupled to the jaw assembly. The camera assembly includes a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, first and second support arms pivotally coupled within the camera housing and deployable therefrom, and a camera body coupled to the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera assembly.
Claims16
A surgical device, comprising:
- a jaw assembly;
- and
- a camera assembly coupled to the jaw assembly, the camera assembly comprising:
- a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, the camera housing having a stem disposed therein;
- a first support arm and a second support arm each having a proximal end and a distal end, the first and second support arms pivotally coupled at their proximal ends to the stem disposed within the camera housing and deployable therefrom;
- and
- a camera body coupled to distal ends of the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in parallel alignment, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in non-parallel alignment.
A surgical instrument camera assembly, comprising:
- a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, the camera housing having a stem disposed therein;
- a first support arm and a second support arm each having a proximal end and a distal end, the first and second support arms pivotally coupled at their proximal ends to the stem disposed within the camera housing and deployable therefrom;
- and
- a camera body coupled to distal ends of the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in parallel alignment, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in non-parallel alignment.
A surgical device, comprising:
- a jaw assembly;
- and
- a camera assembly coupled to the jaw assembly, the camera assembly comprising:
- a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, the camera housing having a stem disposed therein;
- a first support arm and a second support arm each having a proximal end and a distal end, the first and second support arms pivotally coupled at their proximal ends to the stem disposed within the camera housing and deployable therefrom;
- a first gear coupled to the camera housing;
- a second gear pivotally coupled to the first and second support arms;
- and
- a camera body coupled to distal ends of the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in parallel alignment, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in non-parallel alignment and is oriented toward the jaw assembly in response to pivoting of the first support arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.