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Interchangeable fluid instrument

  • US 20030055409A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2002
  • Published: 03/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interchangeable instrument apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of separate instrument members each capable of assisting in a different phase of a medical procedure to be performed at an operative site within the anatomy;

    an instrument storage chamber for releasably receiving said plurality of instrument members, accommodated in separate storage locations within the instrument storage chamber;

    an instrument driver constructed and arranged for cooperative positioning relative to the instrument storage chamber, for selective alignment with one of said instrument members at a time, and for displacing the aligned instrument member from the instrument storage chamber toward the operative site;

    at least one of said instrument driver and instrument storage chamber being positionally controllable so as to provide relative displacement therebetween to selectively align said instrument driver with another of said instrument members;

    said plurality of separate instrument members including at least one of a mechanically actuable member and a fluid dispensing member.

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