A surgical device is provided including a control unit having at plurality ofsteeringmembers and a flexible elongated guide shaft having a proximal end and adistal end. The distalend of the shaft includes an image sensor and the proximal end of the shaft isin operablecommunication with the control unit, and at least one flexible portion. Theshaft is partitionedinto a first segment and a second segment, the first and second segmentsoperably mated at a firstmating point located substantially midway through the shaft.
