Patent ID: 11950966
Assignee: FLEXDEX, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A surgical tool assembly, comprising:
a handle assembly establishing a handle axis, a first intermediate rigid body rigidly fixed to said handle assembly;
a frame assembly having a shaft, said shaft establishing a shaft axis, a second intermediate rigid body rigidly fixed to said frame assembly; and
a deviation ring joined to said first intermediate rigid body via a first joint and joined to said second intermediate rigid body via a second joint, said first joint providing a pitch rotational degree of freedom or a yaw rotational degree of freedom and said second joint providing the other of the pitch rotational degree of freedom or the yaw rotational degree of freedom, a first pulley situated at said first joint and a second pulley situated at said second joint;
wherein, when said handle assembly lacks rotation about said first joint and lacks rotation about said second joint, said handle axis and said shaft axis are arranged generally coincident with respect to each other.