MEDICAL DRIVE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOTION TO AT LEAST A PORTION OF A MEDICAL APPARATUS

摘要

Several medical drive systems each include a drive system assembly adapted t o engage and move at least a portion of a medical apparatus. The medical drive system assemblies each are variously described in expressions such as an assembly adapted to engagingly slide onto a catheter, an assembly adapted to surroundingly attach to a catheter, an assembly adapted to engagingly slide onto a working channel entrance of an endoscope wherein the medical apparatus is insertable into the working channel entrance, an assembly including a spur gear and a nut gear wherein the nut gear includes external teeth engaged by the spur gear, an assembly insertable into a working channel of a flexible insertion tube of an endoscope, and/or an assembly including a drive shaft and a nut gear fixedly attached thereto wherein the drive shaft has at least a hollow porti on and the medical apparatus is positionable in the hollow portion.