Patent ID: 7169141

Claim:
A medical procedure instrument comprising: a medical implement including a mechanically drivable mechanism coupled with a tool used in executing a medical procedure; a drive unit for mechanically driving said medical implement; and said medical implement being decouplable from said drive unit and manually insertable into a patient so as to dispose said tool at an operative site within the patient; and said medical implement being attachable and detachable with said drive unit for coupling and decoupling said drive unit to said mechanically drivable mechanism; said medical implement further comprising an elongated guide and an elongated instrument shaft that supports said tool at a distal end thereof and said mechanically drivable mechanism at the proximal end thereof; said elongated guide member for removably receiving said elongated instrument so that a distal end of said elongated guide member is adapted, upon insertion into the patient, to be positioned at the operative site.