Patent ID: 9265486
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical instrument comprising: a controller at least partially housing a plurality of controls; an elongated conduit operatively coupling the controller to a first joint and a second joint; a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in an X-Y plane; a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a Y-Z plane perpendicular to the X-Y plane; and, an occlusion clip deployment end effector operatively coupled to the first and second joints; wherein the plurality of controls includes a first control operatively coupled to the first joint to control motion of the first member with respect to the second member in the X-Y plane, a second control operatively coupled to the second joint to control motion of the third member with respect to the fourth member in the Y-Z plane, a third control operatively coupled to the occlusion clip deployment end effector to control motion of at least a portion of the occlusion clip deployment end effector, further comprising a closed-ring occlusion clip removably mounted to the occlusion clip deployment end effector, wherein the plurality of controls includes a fourth control to dismount the closed-ring occlusion clip from the occlusion clip deployment end effector.