David Stefanchik,Omar J. Vakharia,William B. Weisenburgh, II
申请号：
US13309891
公开号：
US08617203B2
申请日:
2011.12.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Surgical devices are disclosed herein that generally include an intracorporeal elbow joint to facilitate translational movement of an end effector while allowing a body portion of the surgical device and a trocar or working channel through which the device is inserted to be maintained in a fixed angular orientation relative to the patient. This allows a plurality of such devices to be used effectively with a single incision or access device. Such devices also generally provide end effector movement with six degrees of freedom, while maintaining a mechanical linkage between the user and the end effector and while mimicking and/or mirroring natural user movement. Various methods related to such devices are also disclosed.
