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Interchangeable surgical instrument

  • US 7,901,399 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2007
  • Issued: 03/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical instrument assembly, comprising:

  • a retainer having a passage;

    a serial array of instruments disposed in the retainer passage;

    a chamber;

    a first mechanism configured for displacing a selected one of the instruments from the retainer passage into the chamber;

    an instrument driver configured for being distally advanced within the chamber to engage the selected instrument;

    wherein the retainer has a lateral port, the chamber is in communication with the lateral port, and the first mechanism is configured for displacing the selected instrument through the lateral port into the chamber; and

    wherein the retainer has a lateral opening opposite to the lateral port, and the first mechanism is configured for being displaced through the lateral opening to displace the selected instrument through the lateral port into the chamber.

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