Joint component
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12070289B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US16964404

    申请日:2019-01-24

    摘要: A surgical instrument having a proximal end, a distal end and a shaft, the shaft comprising a plurality of joint components connected in series, each joint component comprising first and second connectors, which connectors are axially spaced apart from one another at first and second ends of a respective joint component, characterised in that the first connector comprises a first rolling surface, and the second connector comprise a second rolling surface, and wherein each joint component comprises a first spur gear extending from the first rolling surface, and a second spur gear extending from the second rolling surface, wherein the first rolling surface of a first joint component is engageable with the second rolling surface of a second joint component to form a rolling joint, and the second rolling surface of the first joint component is engageable with a first rolling surface of a third rolling joint.

    A JOINT
    6.
    发明申请
    A JOINT 有权

    公开(公告)号:US20210330174A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17264673

    申请日:2019-08-01

    摘要: A resiliently deformable joint (2) having a proximal end (4), a distal end (6) and art axis (8), the resiliently deformable joint comprising a helical structure (12) comprising a plurality of integrally formed body portions (10), each of which body portions comprising a turn of the helical structure and being moveable relative to adjacent body portions, the resiliently deformable joint further comprising a plurality of body joint components (14), each of which body joint components is formed on a respective body portion such that adjacent body joint components are abuttable with one another to folly a body joint, the resiliently deformable joint further comprising first and second guides (22, 24) extending axially from the distal end to the proximal end of the resiliently deformable joint.