Surgical instrument with articulating tool assembly
Abstract
A surgical instrument including a handle portion, a body portion, an articulating tool assembly and at least one coupling member is disclosed. The body portion extends distally from the handle portion and defines a first longitudinal axis. The articulating tool assembly defines a second longitudinal axis and has a proximal end including at least one recess therein. The articulating tool assembly is securable to a distal end of the body portion and is movable from a first position where the first and second longitudinal axes are substantially aligned to at least a second position where the first and second longitudinal axes are at an angle. The coupling member has at least one spring arm and is securable to the body portion. At least a portion of the spring arm is receivable in the recess of the articulating tool assembly to releasably retain the articulating tool assembly in the first position.

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Numbers
- Publication
- 1908412
- Application
- 72537814
Titles3
- German
- Chirurgisches Instrument mit schwenkbarer Werkzeuganordnung
- English
- Surgical instrument with articulating tool assembly
- French
- Instrument chirurgical doté d'un bloc outil articulé
Classification
- CPC, 24
- A61B17/07207
- A61B17/068
- A61B2017/0023
- A61B2017/0046
- A61B2017/00845
- A61B2017/2936
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- A61B2017/2946
- A61B2017/2927
- A61B2017/07285
- A61B2017/2902
- A61B2017/00473
- A61B2017/320052
- A61B2017/00964
- A61B17/105
- A61B17/115
- A61B17/0686
- A61B2017/0084
- A61B2017/00853
- A61B2017/07214
- A61B2017/07271
- A61B2017/07278
- A61B17/072
- A61B2017/00526
- IPC, 5
- A61B17 072
- A61B17 068
- A61B17 28
- A61B17 32
- A61B17 00
Designated states37
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- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Monaco
- Malta
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- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 5
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- North Macedonia
- Serbia