ROTATIONAL/LINEAR CONVERTER FOR MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A surgical equipment, having a proximal portion and a distal portion at least reversibly or temporarily interconnected along a main longitudinal axis (shaft P:
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said proximal portion is insertable into a body cavity, and having at least one manoeuvrable effecter;
said effecter is adapted to be either manoeuvred linearly along said axis (linear effecter) or to be manoeuvred rotationally around said axis (rotational effecter);
said distal portion comprising a handset located outside the body;
said handset is adapted to manoeuvre said effecter with either a linear motion along said axis (linear handset) or a rotational motion around said axis (rotational handset);
said effecter comprising a proximal effecting means and a distal converter;
said converter translates either linear motion to rotational motion or rotational motion to linear motion;
so as said rotational effecter is adaptable to a linear handset, and vice versa, a linear effecter is adaptable to a rotational handset.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a surgical equipment, having a proximal portion and a distal portion at least reversibly or temporarily interconnected along a main longitudinal axis (shaft P:D); said proximal portion is insertable into a body cavity, and having at least one manoeuvrable effecter; said effecter is adapted to be either manoeuvred linearly along said axis (linear effecter) or to be manoeuvred rotationally around said axis (rotational effecter); said distal portion comprising a handset located outside the body; said handset is adapted to manoeuvre said effecter with either a linear motion along said axis (linear handset) or a rotational motion around said axis (rotational handset); said effecter comprising a proximal effecting means and a distal converter; said converter translates either linear motion to rotational motion or rotational motion to linear motion; so as said rotational effecter is adaptable to a linear handset, and vice versa, a linear effecter is adaptable to a rotational handset.
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1. A surgical equipment, having a proximal portion and a distal portion at least reversibly or temporarily interconnected along a main longitudinal axis (shaft P:
- D);
said proximal portion is insertable into a body cavity, and having at least one manoeuvrable effecter;
said effecter is adapted to be either manoeuvred linearly along said axis (linear effecter) or to be manoeuvred rotationally around said axis (rotational effecter);
said distal portion comprising a handset located outside the body;
said handset is adapted to manoeuvre said effecter with either a linear motion along said axis (linear handset) or a rotational motion around said axis (rotational handset);
said effecter comprising a proximal effecting means and a distal converter;
said converter translates either linear motion to rotational motion or rotational motion to linear motion;
so as said rotational effecter is adaptable to a linear handset, and vice versa, a linear effecter is adaptable to a rotational handset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of adapting rotational effecter to a linear handset, and vice versa, adapting a linear effecter to a rotational handset, comprising obtaining a surgical equipment, having a proximal portion and a distal portion at least reversibly or temporarily interconnected along a main longitudinal axis (shaft P:
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said proximal portion is insertable into a body cavity, and having at least one manoeuvrable effecter;
said effecter is adapted to be either manoeuvred linearly along said axis (linear effecter) or to be manoeuvred rotationally around. said axis (rotational effecter);
said distal portion comprising a handset located outside the body;
said handset is adapted to manoeuvre said effecter with either a linear motion along said axis (linear handset) or a rotational motion around said axis (rotational handset);
said effecter comprising a proximal effecting means and a distal converter;
said converter translates either linear motion to rotational motion or rotational motion to linear motion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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