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Flexible instrument

  • US 20020095175A1
  • Filed: 11/16/2001
  • Published: 07/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:

  • a shaft having at least one controllably flexible segment and a tool mounted at a distal end of the shaft, the tool being insertable into a subject;

    a shaft mount drivably coupled to the shaft at a proximal end of the shaft, the shaft mount being drivably coupled to the tool through the shaft; and

    a drive unit drivably coupled to the shaft mount, the drive unit being operable from a location remote from the subject to control flexure of the flexible segment so as to control disposition of the tool at an operative site.

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