ARTICULATING MECHANISMS AND LINK SYSTEMS WITH TORQUE TRANSMISSION IN REMOTE MANIPULATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS - Patent 1838223

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EP 1 838 223 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.06.2007

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/40

(21)	Application number: 05856967.4

(22)	Date of filing: 18.11.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 17/00^(2006.01)
A61B 17/28^(2006.01)
A61M 25/01^(2006.01)

A61B 17/072^(2006.01)
A61B 17/32^(2006.01)
A61B 19/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2005/041663

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/073581 (13.07.2006 Gazette 2006/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

23.11.2004 US 997372
04.05.2005 US 122598

(71)	Applicant: Novare Surgical Systems, Inc.
	Cupertino, CA 95014 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HINMAN, Cameron, Dale Thurmond, North Carolina 28683 (US) DANITZ, David, J San Jose, California 95136 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	ARTICULATING MECHANISMS AND LINK SYSTEMS WITH TORQUE TRANSMISSION IN REMOTE MANIPULATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS