US 12,256,913 B2
Surgical tool including an inelastic and elastic cable to be tensioned to impart a bend
Gerard W. Nunan, Ballincollig (IE)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,870.
Application 15/489,132 is a division of application No. PCT/US2015/055624, filed on Oct. 15, 2015.
Application 17/888,870 is a continuation of application No. 16/587,823, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,457,902.
Application 16/587,823 is a continuation of application No. 15/489,132, filed on Apr. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,492,771, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/065,628, filed on Oct. 18, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387012 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00305 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00314 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02); A61B 2218/001 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A surgical tool comprising:
a body;
a shaft extending distally from the body and comprising a shaft bendable section, and a working head distal to the shaft bendable section;
a flexible inelastic cable coupled to the body and the shaft;
a flexible elastic cable coupled to the body and the shaft, the flexible elastic cable being arcuately spaced from the flexible inelastic cable; and
a steering assembly coupled to the shaft and configured to cause longitudinal displacement of the shaft relative to the body to tension the flexible inelastic cable and the flexible elastic cable to bend the shaft bendable section in a direction of the flexible inelastic cable.