US 11,805,976 B2
Slider and surgical instrument
Koki Shindo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RIVERFIELD INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/606,934
Filed by RIVERFIELD INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/000495
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140623, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211402 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/29 (2006.01); B25J 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00064 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); B25J 15/0233 (2013.01); B25J 17/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slider comprising:
a slider body disposed to be movable in a linear direction within a groove of a surgical instrument body according to an actuating force transmitted from outside the surgical instrument body; and
two holders disposed on the slider body for holding ends of a wire wound along the surgical instrument body between the two holders to retain the wire under tension, wherein
at least a first holder of the two holders is provided with an insertion hole for inserting and passing the ends of the wire toward an outside from between the two holders to generate tension in the wire.