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Patent Inventor Names
William A. Burbank0
Date of Patent
April 19, 2022
0Patent Application Number
170696060
Date Filed
October 13, 2020
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Surgical tools include an end effector mounted to an instrument shaft for articulation relative to the instrument shaft. A surgical tool includes an instrument shaft, an intermediate member pivotally coupled to the instrument shaft, an end effector and four tension members. The end effector includes an end effector base that is pivotally coupled to the intermediate member. The end effector base includes four attachment features. Each of the four tension members interfaces with an associated one of the four attachment features. The four tension members extend distally within a lumen of the instrument shaft and are arranged in diagonally opposed pairs.
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