Patent ID: 7604642
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An interchangeable instrument apparatus, comprising: a plurality of separate instrument members each capable of assisting in a different phase of a medical procedure to be performed at an operative site within the anatomy; an instrument storage chamber for releasably receiving said plurality of instrument members, accommodated in separate storage locations within said instrument storage chamber; an instrument driver constructed and arranged for cooperative positioning relative to said instrument storage chamber, for selective alignment with one of said instrument members at a time, and for displacing said aligned instrument member from-said instrument storage chamber toward the operative site; at least one of said instrument driver and instrument storage chamber being positionally controllable so as to provide relative displacement therebetween to selectively align said instrument driver with different ones of said instrument members; at least one of said plurality of separate instrument members including a fluid dispensing member.