Patent ID: 9610083
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A device for creating a cavity in an interior body, the device comprising: an articulated tip assembly comprising a coil enclosure securing at least one pair of curving elements therein, wherein said curving elements each define a male end, a female end, and at least one channel; a shaft coupled to the articulated tip assembly; a lever assembly coupled to the shaft, the lever assembly including a lever rotating about a pivot pin, the lever including an elongated pressure surface extending towards a proximal end of the device, the pivot pin located opposite a longitudinal axis of the device from the pressure surface; a midline cable connected between said lever assembly and said articulated tip assembly, said midline cable running through said channel to mate said male and female ends of said curving elements within said coil; an off-center cable coupled to the articulated tip assembly and the lever assembly such that variable action of the lever causes the articulated tip assembly to selectively approximate a curve; wherein rotation of the device causes the articulated tip assembly to rotate within the interior body.