Patent ID: 9017314
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical articulation assembly, comprising: an elongate member defining a longitudinal axis and having a passage therethrough, a portion of the elongate member having a first segment and a second segment, each segment configured and dimensioned for movement relative to the longitudinal axis, the second segment disposed distally of the first segment; a first actuation apparatus having a first plurality of connecting members and being operatively coupled to a portion of the first segment and a portion of the second segment, wherein actuation of the first actuation apparatus moves the first segment a first distance and the second segment a second distance in a first plane; and a second actuation apparatus having a second plurality of connecting members and being operatively coupled to a portion of the first segment and a portion of the second segment, wherein actuation of the second actuation apparatus moves the first segment the first distance and the second segment the second distance in a second plane, wherein at least one of the first or second pluralities of connecting members includes a length associated with a pulley.