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Articulated vertebra for endoscopes and method to make it

  • US 5,928,136 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1997
  • Issued: 07/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A joinder for joining two adjacent segments of a vertebra for an endoscope, comprising;

  • a pair of tubular segments each having an axis with tangs of adjacent segments overlapping one another, one of said tangs being imperforate, and the other being perforate, having a hinge aperture therethrough which overlays a portion of the imperforate one of said tangs, the perforate tang having a dimension of thickness; and

    an unheaded hinge pin having an axis and an axial length no longer than said thickness, said pin passing into said aperture normal to the axis of its respective segment, said pin having one of its ends attached to its respective imperforate tang, said pin having no portion projecting beyond said its respective perforate tang said segments being sufficiently stiff that the pin cannot be removed from the aperture by deformation of the segments.

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