US 11,986,257 B2
Medical instrument with articulable segment
Christopher Allen Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Thomas R. Jenkins, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/727,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,801, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,133, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0205908 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00336 (2013.01); A61B 17/22004 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2034/743 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3764 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0127 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical instrument comprising:
an elongate body having a distal end and a proximal end;
a bendable section positioned proximal to the distal end having at least two degrees of movement, the bendable section comprising a series of articulable segments positioned along the bendable section, wherein:
the series of articulable segments includes at least one pair of adjacent articulable segments comprising a first articulable segment and a second articulable segment,
the first and second articulable segments are connected by a first hinge and a second hinge,
the first hinge is formed by a first protrusion of the first articulable segment and a corresponding first recess of the second articulable segment,
the second hinge is formed by a second protrusion of the first articulable segment and a corresponding second recess of the second articulable segment,
the first recess is formed on a first axial side of the second articulable segment, and
a first perpendicular cut is formed on a second axial side of the second articulable segment that extends through a body of the second articulable segment to intersect with the first recess to form a cable pathway through the second articulable segment; and
at least one cable extending through the cable pathway.