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Catheter With Remotely Extendible Instruments

  • US 20100057078A1
  • Filed: 09/02/2008
  • Published: 03/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for performing a surgical procedure, comprising:

  • a housing having an elongated shaft with proximal and distal ends, the shaft including a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels configured to house a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments; and

    an actuator dimensioned for selective reciprocation within the shaft and configured to operably engage at least one of the corresponding plurality of surgical instruments and deploy the at least one surgical instrument to an operating cavity as needed during a surgical procedure.

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