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Surgical instrument

  • US 5,673,840 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1996
  • Issued: 10/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An articulatable surgical instrument having a handle with a shaft connected thereto, said shaft having a head assembly including a surgical component articulatably mounted to the distal end thereof via flexible neck means, said flexible neck means comprising a flexible material having at least one axial kerf therein enabling said flexible material to bend along said at least one kerf, said articulatable surgical instrument further including articulation means proximate said handle for remotely articulating said head assembly along one or more bend radii defined by said flexible neck means.

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