US 11,730,502 B2
Forceps guide tube
Zane R. Ward, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Theodore C. Blus, Arden Hills, MN (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Southborough, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/830,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,220, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,476, filed on May 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,532, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,522, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0305958 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/285 (2006.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/282 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/2804 (2013.01); A61B 17/285 (2013.01); A61B 17/2833 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 18/149 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 18/1447 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2845 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2912 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2916 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2917 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2919 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2925 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2945 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2948 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00148 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00196 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00202 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00636 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00952 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1457 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical tool comprising:
a handle;
an outer tube connected to the handle and extending along a longitudinal axis;
an end effector connected to the outer tube;
an inner shaft located within the outer tube and extending along the longitudinal axis, the inner shaft connected to the end effector and the outer shaft, and the handle operable to translate the inner shaft with respect to the outer tube to operate the end effector; and
a guide tube located within the inner shaft and within the outer tube between the handle and the end effector, the guide tube including a conduit extending therethrough, and the guide tube including a second conduit extending therethrough.