US 11,786,334 B2
Releasable attachment device for coupling to medical devices and related systems and methods
Shane Farritor, Lincoln, NE (US); Nathan Wood, Lincoln, NE (US); and Jeffrey Shasho, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Virtual Incision Corporation, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed by Virtual Incision Corporation, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/904,101.
Application 16/904,101 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,230, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,722,319.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/433,837, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315739 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61M 39/12 (2006.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/50 (2016.02) [A61B 90/57 (2016.02); A61M 5/1415 (2013.01); A61M 39/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61M 39/1011 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A releasable attachment device for use with surgical tools, the device comprising:
(a) a joint housing comprising:
a first joint structure comprising a first opening defined therethrough; and
(ii) a second joint structure comprising a second opening defined therethrough and at least one rotational coupling mechanism defined therein;
(iii) an actuation mechanism disposed through the first and second openings, wherein the actuation mechanism is rotationally coupled to the first joint structure and wherein the actuation mechanism comprises an undepressed axial position and a depressed axial position; and
(iv) a locking structure rotationally coupled to a distal end of the actuation mechanism and detachably coupleable with the at least one rotational coupling mechanism;
(b) a first jaw operably coupled to the first joint structure;
(c) a second jaw operably coupled to the second joint structure; and
(d) an actuation structure operably coupled to the second jaw.