Surgery – Endoscope – With guide means for body insertion
Patent
1995-11-29
1998-07-14
Leubecker, John P.
Surgery
Endoscope
With guide means for body insertion
600102, 414431, 4147467, A61B 101, B65H 5118
Patent
active
057796238
ABSTRACT:
A remote-controlled device is capable of selectively positioning a medical instrument within a predetermined region of space. The device includes a clamp having two pivotally mounted sections enabling the clamp to be placed in either an opened position or a closed position. Each section has a drive wheel including an arc-shaped groove which accommodates the medical instrument when the clamp is placed in the closed position. Each of the wheels has a coupling gear positioned and configured to pivot apart when the clamp is placed in the open position with portions of teeth of the gears remaining engaged with each other. One of the drive wheels is directly driven by a motor housed in one of the sections of the clamp.
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Leonard Medical, Inc.
Leubecker John P.
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