发明申请
US20120116263A1 GEAR DRIVEN COUPLING BETWEEN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND WAVEGUIDE IN SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
审中-公开
超声波传感器与手术仪器中波形管之间的齿轮传动耦合
- 专利标题: GEAR DRIVEN COUPLING BETWEEN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND WAVEGUIDE IN SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
- 专利标题(中): 超声波传感器与手术仪器中波形管之间的齿轮传动耦合
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申请号: US13274507申请日: 2011-10-17
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公开(公告)号: US20120116263A1公开(公告)日: 2012-05-10
- 发明人: Kevin L. Houser , Matthew C. Miller , Cory G. Kimball , John W. Willis , Timothy G. Dietz , Foster B. Stulen
- 申请人: Kevin L. Houser , Matthew C. Miller , Cory G. Kimball , John W. Willis , Timothy G. Dietz , Foster B. Stulen
- 主分类号: A61N7/00
- IPC分类号: A61N7/00
摘要:
A surgical instrument is separable into a transducer unit and a lower body portion. The lower body portion includes a waveguide and a casing. The transducer unit includes a transducer and a geared mechanism operable to couple the transducer to the waveguide. In some versions the geared mechanism includes bevel gears coupled to a rack and pinion such that linear motion may be used to rotatably couple a transducer to a waveguide. The rack gear may further include a handle extending out of the transducer unit casing to be actuatable by a user. The rack gear may also be flexible or rigid. In other versions, the bevel gears may be coupled to a threaded shaft that is operable to translate the transducer into the waveguide to form an interference fit. The transducer unit may also include a slide lock mechanism to couple to the casing of the lower body portion.