US 12,082,837 B2
Articulating microsurgical instrument
David Regan, Pelham, NH (US); Ronald Russell, Londonderry, NH (US); Rachana S. Suchdev, Hollis, NH (US); Trevor Jacob Laughlin, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Stephen Martone, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to Vascular Technology, Incorporated, Nashua, NH (US)
Filed by Vascular Technology, Incorporated, Nashua, NH (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,010.
Application 18/057,010 is a continuation of application No. 16/413,181, filed on May 15, 2019, granted, now 11,504,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,468, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0084064 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/3201 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/30 (2013.01) [A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 17/3201 (2013.01); A61B 17/88 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00314 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00389 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 2017/305 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
a handle including a proximal portion aligned along a first longitudinal axis and a distal portion aligned along a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis offset from the first longitudinal axis;
an articulating tip operably connected to the handle via at least one control wire, the articulating tip comprised of a plurality of vertebrae, each of the plurality of vertebrae defining a central lumen and a control lumen, the at least one control wire threaded through the control lumen of each of the plurality of vertebrae; and
a roller wheel rotatable in a plane that is parallel to the first longitudinal axis, the roller wheel including holes or fixation points secured to the at least one control wire.