Patent ID: 8475362
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical apparatus for transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), comprising: a main body having an endoscope insertion port through which an endoscope for TEM is inserted and a surgical instrument insertion port through which a surgical instrument is inserted, the surgical instrument insertion port being independently rotated from the endoscope insertion port; a rotary part rotatably coupled to a front end of the main body and through which the endoscope and the surgical instruments inserted into the main body pass; and a barrel coupled to a front end of the rotary part to be integrally rotated according to rotation of the rotary part, and inserted into the patient's anus to form a guide path for the endoscope and the surgical instrument, wherein the endoscope inserted into the main body and passing through the rotary part is disposed outside the barrel and the surgical instrument is disposed in the barrel.