Patent ID: 9066714
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A tissue stabilizer comprising: (i) an elongated arm terminating at a distal end and including an outer tube and an inner shaft, the inner shaft slidably disposed within the outer tube; (ii) a collet disposed at the distal end and releasably connected to the elongated arm, the collet including: wherein the tissue stabilizer is configured to provide: (iii) a head-link assembly rotatably coupled to the collet, the head-link assembly including: wherein the head-link assembly is transitionable from an unlocked state in which the spherical member is freely rotatable within the head of the collet and a locked state in which the fingers of the collet are deflected radially inward relative to the unlocked state by a compressive force, thereby causing the fingers to rigidly engage the spherical member and hold the head-link assembly in a fixed position.