Patent ID: 9144372
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical adapter for connecting a medical instrument to an endoscope, the surgical adapter comprising: a housing portion configured with a distal attachment portion; and an advancing assembly at least partially disposed within the housing portion, the advancing assembly having a selectively operable rotating member, an advancing shaft, and a shaft connector; wherein a proximal end of the distal attachment portion is operably connected to the shaft connector and a distal end member configured to be operably attached to a proximal portion of an endoscope; and wherein the advancing shaft is rotatably received within the shaft connector and wherein the shaft connector is non-rotatably mounted within the housing portion via an axial engagement slot formed within a body of the shaft connector, wherein the axial engagement slot is configured for receiving at least one corresponding axial tab member formed in the housing portion such that the tab member may slide axially along the engagement slot; wherein the surgical adapter is configured such that a portion of a medical instrument is receivable within the housing portion so as to be operably engaged with the advancing assembly such that the advancing assembly may be selectively actuated to selectively rotate the advancing shaft within the shaft connector so as to axially move a distal end of the medical instrument with respect to the endoscope.