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Apparatus for endoscopic procedures

US8647258B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Covidien LP · US

Inventors

Ernest Aranyi · Easton, US
Michael P. Whitman · New Hope, US
Donald Malinouskas · Monroe, US
David A. Nicholas · Trumbull, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2011
Grant date	Feb 11, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/320052
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for a surgical device. The surgical device includes a jaw assembly and a camera assembly coupled to the jaw assembly. The camera assembly includes a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, first and second support arms pivotally coupled within the camera housing and deployable therefrom, and a camera body coupled to the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera assembly.

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