The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System;ColubrisMX, Inc.
发明人:
Kim, Daniel H.,Shin, Dong Suk,Jang, Taeho,Park, Yongman,Lee, Jeihan,Kim, Hongmin,Nam, Kihoon,Han, Seokyung
申请号:
AU2018394076
公开号:
AU2018394076A1
申请日:
2018.12.20
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要:
Provided herein as an end effector for a surgical apparatus including a housing having an outer wall and an opening therein, and opposed first and second walls extending along opposite sides of the opening, a first actuator pivotally coupled to the first wall of the housing, a second actuator pivotally coupled to the second wall of the housing, and a coupling disposed within the opening of the housing and between at least a portion of the first and second actuators, the coupling including opposed first and second ends, each end pivotally coupled to a different one of the first and second actuators. To operate the actuators, a mechanism to controllably move a wire within a flexible tubular member, the wire including opposed wire ends extending outwardly of a proximal end of a flexible tubular member and a portion therebetween end connected to a actuator of the end effector is provided, and it includes a drive mechanism and a coupler extending between the drive mechanism and the wire end, wherein movement of the coupling in the direction of the wire end results in opposed motion of the wire end.