ROTARY DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ARTICULATABLE END EFFECTORS
摘要
Drive shaft assemblies for a surgical instrument. Various forms include a plurality of movably interlocking joint segments that are interconnected to form a flexible hollow tube. A flexible secondary constraining member is configured in flexible constraining engagement with the plurality of movably interlocking joint segments to retain the interlocking joint segments in movable interlocking engagement while facilitating flexing of the drive shaft assembly.
申请公布号
US2014005677(A1)
申请公布日期
2014.01.02
申请号
US201213536301
申请日期
2012.06.28
申请人
SHELTON, IV FREDERICK E.;SWAYZE JEFFREY S.;MORGAN JEROME R.;STAMMEN JOHN L.;BAXTER, III CHESTER O.;ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
SHELTON, IV FREDERICK E.;SWAYZE JEFFREY S.;MORGAN JEROME R.;STAMMEN JOHN L.;BAXTER, III CHESTER O.