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Abstract

A portable remotely controllable surgical instrument comprising: a manually portable elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end manually positionable at an operative site within a subject upon insertion of the shaft through an incision in the subject; a manually portable mounting mechanism being readily manually mountable in a fixed position outside the patient near the incision, the proximal end of the portable shaft being mounted thereon. The instrument may include a portable drive unit drivably intercoupled through the mounting mechanism to a tool mounted at the distal end of the portable shaft; wherein the drive unit is readily positionable at a selected position outside the patient. The instrument may include a manually portable support for fixedly positioning the manually portable mounting mechanism in a selected location relative to the subject, the manually portable support being readily fixedly attachable to and detachable from a stationary structure on or relative to which the subject is mounted

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First Claim