Surgery – Instruments
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-07
2005-06-07
Fox, John (Department: 3753)
Surgery
Instruments
Reexamination Certificate
active
06902560
ABSTRACT:
A method of performing minimally invasive endoscopic surgery in a body cavity of a patient includes introducing an elongate shaft having a working end into the cavity. The elongate shaft has a proximal end and a shaft axis between the working end and the proximal end. A wrist member pivotally coupled with the working end is rotated relative to the working end. The wrist member has a wrist axis. The method further includes rotating at least one of the elongate shaft around the shaft axis and an end effector pivotally mounted on the wrist member around the wrist axis to position the end effector at a desired location inside the cavity.
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Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Second Annual International Symposium, Nov. 4-7, 1995 at the Marriot Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Morley Tracey A.
Wallace Daniel T.
Fox John
Intuitive Surgical Inc.
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