#$%^&*AU2014200328A120141002.pdf#####FLEXIBLE SHAFT WITH MULTIPLE FLEXIBLE PORTIONS ABSTRACT A surgical device (100) is provided including a control unit (410) having at plurality of steering members (108) and a flexible elongated guide shaft (106) having a proximal end (101) and a distal end (103). The distal end (103) of the shaft (106) includes an image sensor (404) and the proximal end (101) of the shaft (106) is in operable communication with the control unit (410), and at least one flexible portion (108). The shaft (106) is partitioned into a first segment (106) and a second segment (114), the first and second segments (106, 114) operably mated at a first mating point located substantially midway through the shaft (106).1/10 N 0~ \ ( N 0 P
