Title:
MAGNETIC SURGICAL SLED WITH LOCKING ARM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/044468
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A surgical device comprises an ex vivo magnet and an in vivo sled magnetically attracted to the ex vivo magnet. The sled can be positioned and anchored within a patient by moving the ex vivo magnet. The sled defines a longitudinal axis. An arm extends from the sled. The arm being moveable relative the sled between a retracted position and an extended position. The arm comprises an end effector. A locking mechanism operatively connected to the arm to lock the arm in the retracted and extended positions. The mechanism may include a rack that both rotates about a pinion and translates tangentially about the pinion.
Inventors:
SPIVEY JAMES T (US)
CADEDDU JEFFERY (US)
SCOTT DANIEL J (US)
FERNANDEZ RAUL (US)
BERGS RICHARD (US)
CADEDDU JEFFERY (US)
SCOTT DANIEL J (US)
FERNANDEZ RAUL (US)
BERGS RICHARD (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/051990
Publication Date:
October 20, 2011
Filing Date:
October 08, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC (US)
UNIV TEXAS (US)
SPIVEY JAMES T (US)
CADEDDU JEFFERY (US)
SCOTT DANIEL J (US)
FERNANDEZ RAUL (US)
BERGS RICHARD (US)
UNIV TEXAS (US)
SPIVEY JAMES T (US)
CADEDDU JEFFERY (US)
SCOTT DANIEL J (US)
FERNANDEZ RAUL (US)
BERGS RICHARD (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/08; A61B18/00; A61N2/08
Foreign References:
| US20090005636A1 | 2009-01-01 | |||
| US20090043246A1 | 2009-02-12 | |||
| US5807235A | 1998-09-15 | |||
| US20080221591A1 | 2008-09-11 | |||
| US20040064153A1 | 2004-04-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GARRETT, Mark, T. (600 Congress Ave. Suite 240, Austin TX, US)
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