Catheter With Remotely Extendible Instruments
First Claim
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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Abstract
An electrosurgical apparatus for performing a surgical procedure includes a housing having an elongated flexible shaft with proximal and distal ends. The shaft having a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels configured to house a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments. An actuator is dimensioned for selective reciprocation within the shaft and configured to operably engage one or more of the corresponding plurality of surgical instruments and deploy the corresponding surgical instrument to an operating cavity as needed during a surgical procedure.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for performing a surgical procedure, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for performing a surgical procedure, comprising:
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a housing having an elongated flexible shaft with proximal and distal ends; a working end including a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels configured to house a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments, the working end being selectively engageable with the distal end of the elongated shaft; 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for performing a surgical procedure, comprising the steps of:
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providing a housing; attaching a flexible, elongated shaft with distal and proximal ends to the housing; engaging at least one working end to the distal end of the housing, the working end including a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels for housing a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments; controlling an actuator to 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 for use during a surgical procedure.
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14. A method for performing a surgical procedure according to claim 14, further comprising the steps of:
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indexing the plurality of surgical instruments disposed in the at least one working end; and providing feedback to a surgeon relating to at least one of the status and location of each of the plurality of surgical instruments.
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15. A method for performing a surgical procedure according to claim 15, wherein the feedback relating to at least one of the status and location of each of the plurality of surgical instruments includes indicia displayed on the housing, the indicia including at least one of “
- stored”
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deployed”
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in use”
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disposed” and
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malfunction”
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- stored”
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