Michael P. Whitman

TL;DR: An electro-mechanical surgical device includes: a housing; an elongated shaft extending from the housing, a distal end of the elongated length being detachably coupleable to a surgical instrument; at least two axially rotatable drive shafts disposed within the elongation shaft, each of each of the drive shaft being configured to couple with the surgical instrument, a steering cable arrangement, the steering cable configuration was configured to steer the distal length of an elongation length as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, an electromechanical driver assembly for remotely driving the surgical attachments (180, 200) comprising a shaft (122) including at least two axially rotating members (136a, 136b) disposed within a sheath, having distal and proximal ends, each being capable of transmitting a torque applied to the proximal end thereof, therealong to said distal end of the shaft including means for coupling torque transferring relationship to said corresponding turning members (158a, 158b, 206a, 207a, 206b), and a handle portion (102

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a surgical device for cutting and stapling a section of tissue, which includes an anvil mechanically attachable to the housing and moveable relative to the house between an open position and a closed position.

TL;DR: In this article, a carriage assembly for controlling a steering wire steering mechanism within a flexible shaft, for use in gastrointestinal tract surgery, comprises a plurality of selectable engageable motors, including two drive motors for selectably rotating drive shafts of a surgical attachement, two steering motors mechanically communicating with corresponding pulleys around which are coiled directional steering wires communicating with a rigid flexible shaft to enable the selective direction of the flexible shaft.

TL;DR: In this article, a surgical imaging device includes at least one light source for illuminating an object, at least two image sensors configured to generate image data corresponding to the object in the form of an image frame, and a video processor configured to receive from each image sensor the image data correspond to the image frames and to process the data so as to generate a composite image.