Articulable surgical instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9642603
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14499827

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An instrument includes, a lumen, a handpiece affixed to the proximal end of the lumen and including an actuator, a proximal articulable segment, the proximal end of the proximal articulable segment pivotably attached to the distal end of the lumen via a proximal hinge pin extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lumen, an actuation cable extending from the actuator through the lumen and into the proximal articulable segment, and a cable router comprising a proximal pulley assembly rotatable about the proximal hinge pin, wherein the cable is wrapped about the proximal pulley assembly.

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MICROLINE SURGICAL INCBEVERLY MA 01915

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boulnois, Jean-Luc Beverly, US 11 1256
Devlin, Christopher Wakefield, US 5 663
Joshi, Sharad H Hopkinton, US 9 477
LePage, Albert A Beverly, US 5 20
Woolfson, Steven B Boston, US 43 11028

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