APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF PULLING A TENSILE MEMBER FROM A MEDICAL DEVICE

Mechanisms for pulling a tensile member (24) a predetermined distance from a medical device (10) having an intracorporeal end and an extracorporeal end are disclosed. Such mechanisms may be safely operated using a robot, two hands, or in some embodiments, only one hand. Such mechanisms may include o...

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Hauptverfasser: OLSEN, DANIEL, JOHNSON, EDWARD, RINCON, CESAR, KREVER, MATHEW
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Zusammenfassung:Mechanisms for pulling a tensile member (24) a predetermined distance from a medical device (10) having an intracorporeal end and an extracorporeal end are disclosed. Such mechanisms may be safely operated using a robot, two hands, or in some embodiments, only one hand. Such mechanisms may include one or more cams, drums, or pulley- like members (34) and a lever (48), and may be physically coupled to an extracorporeal portion of the medical device. Se describen mecanismos para jalar un miembro de tensión (24) una distancia predeterminada desde un dispositivo médico (10) que tiene un extremo intracorpóreo y un extremo extracorpóreo; tales mecanismos podrían operarse de forma segura mediante el uso de un robot, las dos manos o, en algunas modalidades, una sola mano; tales mecanismos podrían incluir uno o más tambores, levas o miembros similares a poleas (34) y una palanca (48), y podrían acoplarse físicamente a una porción extracorpórea del dispositivo médico.