Surgery – Endoscope – With guide means for body insertion
Patent
1993-10-08
1996-07-30
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Endoscope
With guide means for body insertion
600102, 600126, 414431, 4147467, 294106, A61B 101, B65H 5118
Patent
active
055406491
ABSTRACT:
The invention features a remote-controlled device for selectively positioning a medical instrument within a predetermined region of space. The remote-controlled device has a motor which provides mechanical energy to the remote-controlled device, a driver that is coupled to the motor and that has a predetermined relationship with the motor. The driver physically engages the medical instrument and converts the mechanical energy into controlled motion of the medical instrument. The remote-controlled device receives control signals from a remote location that direct the motor to supply a predetermined amount of mechanical energy, whereby the driver, with the predetermined relationship with the motor, selectively positions the medical instrument within the region of space.
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Aceti John G.
Bonnell Leonard
Apley Richard J.
Leonard Medical, Inc.
Leubecker John P.
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