Surgical apparatus with remote drive
First Claim
1. A surgical apparatus, having a surgical assembly, a power unit providing the needed power for actuating said surgical assembly, a drive assembly connecting said power unit and said surgical assembly, being flexible at least in the limits of the part of its length, and including an elongated body, and at least of one drive member designed for transmitting a driving motion from said power unit to said surgical assembly and movably disposed within said elongated body, a distal coupling means for coupling the distal ends of said drive assembly to said surgical assembly, a separable proximal coupling means for detachable coupling the proximal ends of said drive assembly to said power unit, an operating means designed for an operation control of said surgical assembly and disposed on said drive assembly distally of said separable proximal coupling means.
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Abstract
A surgical apparatus, having a surgical assembly, a power unit providing the needed power for actuating said surgical assembly, a drive assembly connecting said power unit and said surgical assembly, being flexible at least in the limits of the part of its length, and including an elongated body, and at least of one drive member designed for transmitting a driving motion from said power unit to said surgical assembly and movably disposed within said elongated body, a distal coupling means for coupling the distal ends of said drive assembly to said surgical assembly, a separable proximal coupling means for detachable coupling the proximal ends of said drive assembly to said power unit, an operating means designed for an operation control of said surgical assembly and disposed on said drive assembly distally of said separable proximal coupling means.
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20 Claims
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1. A surgical apparatus, having
a surgical assembly, a power unit providing the needed power for actuating said surgical assembly, a drive assembly connecting said power unit and said surgical assembly, being flexible at least in the limits of the part of its length, and including an elongated body, and at least of one drive member designed for transmitting a driving motion from said power unit to said surgical assembly and movably disposed within said elongated body, a distal coupling means for coupling the distal ends of said drive assembly to said surgical assembly, a separable proximal coupling means for detachable coupling the proximal ends of said drive assembly to said power unit, an operating means designed for an operation control of said surgical assembly and disposed on said drive assembly distally of said separable proximal coupling means.
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14. A surgical apparatus, having
a surgical assembly, a power unit providing the needed power for actuating said surgical assembly, a drive assembly connecting said power unit and said surgical assembly, being flexible at least in the limits of the part of its length, and including an elongated body, and at least of one drive member designed for transmitting a driving motion from said power unit to said surgical assembly and movably disposed within said elongated body, a distal coupling means for coupling the distal ends of said drive assembly to said surgical assembly, a separable proximal coupling means for detachable coupling the proximal ends of said drive assembly to said power unit, an operating means including a stiffening means designed for improving an operation control of said surgical assembly by surgeon and disposed on said drive assembly distally of said separable proximal coupling means and having a rigid element participating in the transmission of surgeon controlling efforts directed to said surgical assembly.
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17. A surgical apparatus, having
a surgical assembly, a power unit providing the needed power for actuating said surgical assembly, a drive assembly connecting said power unit and said surgical assembly, being flexible at least in the limits of the part of its length, and including an elongated body, and at least of one drive member designed for transmitting a driving motion from said power unit to said surgical assembly and movably disposed within said elongated body, a distal coupling means for coupling the distal ends of said drive assembly to said surgical assembly, a separable proximal coupling means for detachable coupling the proximal ends of said drive assembly to said power unit, an operating means including a controlling means designed for the surgeon control of the surgical assembly motions including at least the control of said power unit, disposed on said drive assembly distally of said separable proximal coupling means, and comprising a handle designed for holding the surgical apparatus by surgeon during the execution of the surgical operations.
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