Tool with articulation lock
    3.
    发明授权
    Tool with articulation lock 有权
    带铰链锁的工具

    公开(公告)号:US09072427B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-07

    申请号:US13334628

    申请日:2011-12-22

    摘要: The invention provides surgical or diagnostic tools and associated methods that offer user control for operating remotely within regions of the body. These tools include a proximally-located actuator for the operation of a distal end effector, as well as proximally-located actuators for articulational and rotational movements of the end effector. Control mechanisms and methods refine operator control of end effector actuation and of these articulational and rotational movements. An articulation lock allows the fixing and releasing of both neutral and articulated configurations of the tool and of consequent placement of the end effector. The tool may also include other features. A multi-state ratchet for end effector actuation provides enablement-disablement options with tactile feedback. A force limiter mechanism protects the end effector and manipulated objects from the harm of potentially excessive force applied by the operator. A rotation lock provides for enablement and disablement of rotatability of the end effector.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了提供用户控制以在身体的区域内远程操作的手术或诊断工具和相关联的方法。 这些工具包括用于远端执行器的操作的向近侧定位的致动器,以及用于端部执行器的关节和旋转运动的近端定位的致动器。 控制机构和方法可以完善操纵器对末端执行器启动和这些铰接和旋转运动的控制。 铰接锁允许固定和释放工具的中性和铰接构型以及随后的端部执行器的放置。 该工具还可以包括其他特征。 用于末端执行器致动的多状态棘轮提供带触觉反馈的启用禁用选项。 力限制器机构保护末端执行器和操纵物体免受操作者施加的潜在过大的力的伤害。 旋转锁定提供了端部执行器的可旋转性的启用和禁用。

    Tool with articulation lock
    4.
    发明授权
    Tool with articulation lock 有权
    带铰链锁的工具

    公开(公告)号:US08100824B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-24

    申请号:US11787543

    申请日:2007-04-16

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00

    摘要: The invention provides surgical or diagnostic tools and associated methods that offer user control for operating remotely within regions of the body. These tools include a proximally-located actuator for the operation of a distal end effector, as well as proximally-located actuators for articulational and rotational movements of the end effector. Control mechanisms and methods refine operator control of end effector actuation and of these articulational and rotational movements. An articulation lock allows the fixing and releasing of both neutral and articulated configurations of the tool and of consequent placement of the end effector. The tool may also include other features. A multi-state ratchet for end effector actuation provides enablement-disablement options with tactile feedback. A force limiter mechanism protects the end effector and manipulated objects from the harm of potentially excessive force applied by the operator. A rotation lock provides for enablement and disablement of rotatability of the end effector.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了提供用户控制以在身体的区域内远程操作的手术或诊断工具和相关联的方法。 这些工具包括用于远端执行器的操作的向近侧定位的致动器,以及用于端部执行器的关节和旋转运动的近端定位的致动器。 控制机构和方法可以完善操纵器对末端执行器启动和这些铰接和旋转运动的控制。 铰接锁允许固定和释放工具的中性和铰接构型以及随后的端部执行器的放置。 该工具还可以包括其他特征。 用于末端执行器致动的多状态棘轮提供带触觉反馈的启用禁用选项。 力限制器机构保护末端执行器和操纵物体免受操作者施加的潜在过大的力的伤害。 旋转锁定提供了端部执行器的可旋转性的启用和禁用。

    Articulating tool with improved tension member system
    5.
    发明申请
    Articulating tool with improved tension member system 有权
    具有改进张力构件系统的铰接工具

    公开(公告)号:US20080255421A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-16

    申请号:US11787608

    申请日:2007-04-16

    IPC分类号: A61B1/008

    摘要: The invention provides surgical or diagnostic tools and associated methods that offer improved user control for operating remotely within regions of the body, and improved methods of assembling the tools. In some embodiments these tools include a proximally-located actuator for the operation of a distal end effector, as well as proximally-located actuators for articulational and rotational movements of the end effector. Control mechanisms and methods refine operator control of end effector actuation and of these articulational and rotational movements. The articulation mechanisms comprise pairs of links, one link distal and the other proximal, configured such that movement of a proximal link is transferred to the distal link by way of tension bearing members. Embodiments of the invention include a guide for such tension bearing members that facilitates assembly of the tool. Embodiments also include improved methods for attaching tension bearing members to the links. The inventions disclosed herein may also be used with articulating devices outside of the surgical and diagnostic fields.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了外科或诊断工具和相关联的方法,其提供改进的用户控制以在身体的区域内远程操作,以及改进的组装工具的方法。 在一些实施例中,这些工具包括近端定位的致动器,用于远端执行器的操作,以及靠近位置的致动器,用于末端执行器的关节和旋转运动。 控制机构和方法可以完善操纵器对末端执行器启动和这些铰接和旋转运动的控制。 关节运动机构包括一对连杆,一个连杆远端和另一个近侧,构造成使得近端连杆的运动通过张力承载部件传递到远端连杆。 本发明的实施例包括一种便于组装工具的这种张紧轴承部件的引导件。 实施例还包括用于将张力承载构件附接到连杆的改进方法。 本文公开的发明也可以用于手术和诊断领域外的关节装置。

    Spacer and shim assembly and process of elevating the water closet ring of a toilet bowl
    9.
    发明授权
    Spacer and shim assembly and process of elevating the water closet ring of a toilet bowl 失效
    隔垫和垫片组装和升高马桶的水箱环的过程

    公开(公告)号:US06581214B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-24

    申请号:US10146230

    申请日:2002-05-14

    IPC分类号: E03D1100

    CPC分类号: E03D11/16

    摘要: A system utilizing multiple spacer and shim elements that nest together to raise a closet ring to the height required for the particular floor being used in a given application for a toilet bowl installation. The nested spacer and shim elements are placed on the rough floor and receive the closet ring mounting flange. Bosses on an upper side of a lower spacer and shim element are received in detents in a lower side of a corresponding upper spacer and shim element so that the spacer and shim elements are held securely in their nested position so as to form a registered spacer/shim stack. The spacer and shim elements will typically be ¼″ thick. The spacer and shim elements further include breakaway mounting tabs positioned about an outer circumference of the main body of the spacer and shim elements. The mounting tabs, in conjunction with mounting adapter slots in the main body of the spacer and shim elements, provide the flexibility for the spacer and shim elements to be used with any of the various toilet bowl base shapes in use in the industry.

    摘要翻译: 一种使用多个间隔件和垫片元件的系统,其嵌套在一起以将衣柜环提升到在给定的马桶安装应用中使用的特定地板所需的高度。 嵌套的垫片和垫片元件放置在粗糙的地板上并接收衣柜环安装法兰。 下隔离物和垫片元件的上侧的凸起被接收在相应的上间隔件和垫片元件的下侧的棘爪中,使得间隔件和垫片元件牢固地保持在其嵌套位置,以便形成注册间隔件/ 垫片堆叠 垫片和垫片元件通常为1/4英寸厚。 间隔件和垫片元件还包括围绕间隔件和垫片元件的主体的外圆周定位的分离安装突片。 安装翼片与隔离物和垫片元件的主体中的安装适配器槽一起提供了使间隔件和垫片元件与行业中使用的各种马桶盆形状中的任何一个一起使用的灵活性。