Patent ID: 8790245
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a surgical device; a shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and configured to be removably coupled to the surgical device having an anchor portion and an attachment portion, the shaft defining a volume configured to receive the anchor portion when the distal end portion is coupled to the surgical device, an attachment portion of the surgical device being disposed outside of the volume when the anchor portion is disposed within the volume, the surgical device including a retention member configured to retain the attachment portion in a first configuration; a coupling member movably disposed within the shaft, a distal end portion of the coupling member configured to move the retention member when the coupling member is moved from a first position to a second position, thereby initiating movement of the attachment portion from the first configuration to a second configuration, the coupling member configured to be disposed between a side wall of the shaft and the anchor portion of the surgical device and in contact with the anchor portion when the coupling member is in the first position, the anchor portion being released from the distal end portion of the shaft when the coupling member is moved from the first position to the second position; and an actuator assembly coupled to the proximal end portion of the shaft, the actuator assembly configured to move the coupling member from the first position to the second position.