US 12,004,732 B2
Surgical instruments, systems and methods of use
Andrew Serowski, Frisco, TX (US); Juan I. Perez, San Jose, CA (US); Kumar Jambunathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Kyle Klein, San Jose, CA (US); and Kristopher Yee, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC, Wayne, NJ (US)
Filed by MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC, Wayne, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/236,800.
Application 17/236,800 is a division of application No. 16/536,967, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,284,872.
Application 16/536,967 is a division of application No. 15/585,068, filed on May 2, 2017, granted, now 10,398,422, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Application 15/585,068 is a division of application No. 13/160,445, filed on Jun. 14, 2011, granted, now 9,655,605, issued on May 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/354,516, filed on Jun. 14, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236107 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/02 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 90/57 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0237 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01); A61B 2017/308 (2013.01); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02); A61B 2090/571 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
a mount body having a top portion, a distal end, a proximal end and a bottom portion;
a joint member pivotally mounted at a distal end portion of the mount body to allow positioning of a proximal portion of an arm extending distally from the joint member, the joint member configured to at least partially constrain movement of the proximal portion of the arm to a plane; and
a working end mounted to a distal end portion of the arm, wherein the surgical instrument is a stabilizer and the working end comprises a pair of contact members;
wherein the joint member comprises a first joint member and a second joint member, wherein the first joint member confines movement of the proximal portion of the arm to yawing, and the second joint member confines movement of the proximal portion of the arm to pitching.