Patent ID: 7041050
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical system for enabling a physician to operate at a surgical site inside a body, which comprises: a) an elongated cannula providing a cannula bore having a first length extending between a distal cannula end and a spaced apart proximal cannula end, wherein the distal cannula end is adapted to reside inside the body adjacent to the surgical site with the proximal cannula end accessible from outside the body; b) a sleeve providing a sleeve bore having a second length extending between a distal sleeve end and a spaced apart proximal sleeve end, wherein the sleeve has a first outer surface; c) a surgical tool comprising a tool rod having a third length extending between a tool rod head and a spaced apart proximal tool rod end, wherein the tool rod head comprises a proximal head end and a distal head end supporting a surgical tool with the third length enabling the surgical tool to be housed inside the sleeve with the sleeve housing the surgical tool residing inside the cannula adjacent to the distal cannula end positioned adjacent to the surgical site and with the proximal tool end being manipulatable from outside the body adjacent to the proximal cannula end; and d) wherein the tool rod head has a second outer surface including a second J-shaped channel and the sleeve supports a second pin extending into the sleeve bore oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the second pin is matable with the second J-shaped channel to provide for locking and unlocking the surgical tool inside the sleeve.