System for performing a surgical procedure inside a body

Details System for performing a surgical procedure inside a body System for performing a surgical procedure inside a body

2006-05-09

2006-05-09

Flanagan, Beverly M. (Department: 3739)

Surgery

Endoscope

With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore

C600S114000, C600S121000, C600S123000, C600S125000, C604S164110, C604S264000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07041050

ABSTRACT:
A surgical system comprising a cannula for an elongate surgical tool that enables a physician to operate on a surgical site within a body from outside the body is described. The cannula supports a pin that is locked and unlocked from a J-shaped channel provided in the sidewall of a sheath for a surgical tool. The sheath prevents the surgical tool, such as a scalpel, from cutting the cannula as it is moved there through to the surgical site. The surgical tool, in turn, is provided with a second J-shaped channel that engages with a pin supported by the sheath for locking and unlocking the tool there from to enable a physician to perform the surgical procedure. One surgical tool is interchangeable with another for performing different tasks at the surgical site during the procedure.

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