Patent ID: 8840607

Claim:
An instrument comprising: a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end; an actuation structure of the handle; a plurality of actuation arms of the actuation structure; an actuation platform of the handle, the actuation platform disposed within the actuation structure; an extension mechanism of each actuation arm of the plurality of actuation arms; an inverted actuation joint of each actuation arm of the plurality of actuation arms; a housing tube having a housing tube distal end and a housing tube proximal end; a flexible tube having a flexible tube distal end and a flexible tube proximal end, the flexible tube proximal end disposed in the housing tube and the flexible tube distal extending from the housing tube distal end; an optic fiber disposed within an inner bore of the handle, the housing tube, and the flexible tube; and a wire having a pre-formed curve, the wire disposed within a portion of the handle and the housing tube wherein a decompression of the actuation structure is configured to reduce a force applied to the actuation platform by at least one inverted actuation joint and curve the optic fiber.