Patent Application
20220079611
The disclosure relates to a locking apparatus, and more particularly, to a locking apparatus having improved locking performance between members that are different from each other and capable of relative movement.
In general, in equipment in which a relative movement between members different from each other is possible, for example, a linear motion or a rotational motion, a situation occurs when a user is forced to restrict a movement of the equipment as necessary.
In order to prevent a relative movement between members different from each other according to the related art, a connection member for connecting the different members may be coupled to each member to fix the location of the member, or a magnet installed in each member is used to prevent a relative movement between the members via a magnetic force. However, such a configuration separately needs locking parts and a coupling structure between respective members, which complicates the structure.
Korean Patent No. 10-1223469 (registered on Jan. 11, 2013, and entitled “Locking Apparatus”) discloses the background technology of the disclosure.
To address the above problems, the objective of the disclosure is to facilitate switching to a locking state to prevent a movement at any position in a certain section, not at a certain fixed position, and to reduce free play in the locking state.
In detail, the objective is to improve the locking performance by preventing a relative movement of a first body part and a second body part by a frictional force generated by a locking unit stuck therebetween, and to release the locking state via an unlocking unit that pushes the locking unit.
According to embodiments of the disclosure, a locking apparatus includes a first body part, a second body part capable of a relative movement with respect to the first body part, a locking unit capable of moving within an interval between the first body part and the second body part and simultaneously contacting the first body part and the second body part, and an unlocking unit disposed on a movement path of the locking unit and capable of pushing the locking unit in a direction away from the first body part or the second body part, wherein, when the locking unit simultaneously contacts the first body part and the second body part, a movement of the second body part with respect to the first body part in at least one direction is prevented.
In the disclosure, the interval between the first body part and the second body part may decrease in any one direction in a certain section where the first body part and the second body part face each other, and when the locking unit simultaneously contacts the first body part and the second body part in the section, the second body part may be prevented from moving in a direction in which the interval with the first body part decreases.
In the disclosure, the unlocking unit may push the locking unit in a direction in which an interval between one side of the first body part and one side of the second body part, which face each other, in a certain section increases, so as to enable a relative movement between the first body part and the second body part, which is prevented by the locking unit.
In the disclosure, the locking unit may include a locking main body part, and the locking main body part may include a contact part disposed between the first body part and the second body part, and an elastic member connected to the first body part, having elastic resilience, and pushing the contact part in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part decreases.
In the disclosure, as the contact part is pushed by the elastic member in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part decreases, a state in which a movement of the second body part with respect to the first body part in one or more directions is prevented may be maintained.
In the disclosure, the contact part may have a ball shape or a cylindrical shape.
In the disclosure, the second body part may be disposed inside the first body part, and one side of the second body part which faces the first body part may form an interval with the first body part which decreases in one direction, and the other side facing the one side may contact the first body part.
In the disclosure, the second body part may be flat and movable inside the first body part.
In the disclosure, the first body part may extend to be symmetric toward both sides with respect to a center portion thereof, the locking unit may include a plurality of locking units and may be disposed at both sides of the center portion of the first body part, the unlocking unit may include a plurality of unlocking units corresponding to the plurality of locking units and is capable of pushing the locking unit, and when the locking unit simultaneously contacts the first body part and the second body part, the first body part and the second body part may be prevented from moving in both directions.
In the disclosure, the second body part may be disposed inside the first body part, and an interval between inner circumferential surfaces of the first body part, which faces the second body part, may decrease in one direction.
In the disclosure, the second body part may be flat, and the first body part may be symmetrically formed with respect to a movement axis of the second body part as an axis of symmetry.
In the disclosure, the locking unit and the unlocking unit may respectively include a plurality of locking units and a plurality of unlocking units, which are disposed at both sides with respect to a movement axis of the second body part as an axis of symmetry.
In the disclosure, the first body part may extend to be symmetric toward both sides with respect to a center portion thereof, the locking unit may include a plurality of locking units and be disposed at both sides of the center portion of the first body part, the unlocking unit may include a plurality of unlocking units corresponding to the plurality of locking units and be capable of pushing the locking unit, and when the locking unit simultaneously contacts the first body part and the second body part, the first body part and the second body part may be prevented from moving in both directions.
In the disclosure, the second body part may be coaxial with the first body part and rotatably disposed outside the first body part.
In the disclosure, the second body part may have a hollow, and the first body part may be disposed inside the second body part.
In the disclosure, the second body part may be rotatable clockwise or counterclockwise.
In the disclosure, the interval between the first body part and the second body part, which face each other, may decrease in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
In the disclosure, the locking unit may include a plurality of locking units in a movement direction of the second body part, and the unlocking unit may include a plurality of unlocking units corresponding to the plurality of locking units.
In the disclosure, the interval between the first body part and the second body part may decrease in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction in at least one section where the first body part and the second body part face each other, and decrease in a direction different from the clockwise or counterclockwise direction in at least other section where the first body part and the second body part face each other.
In the disclosure, the one section and the other section each may include a plurality of sections between the first body part and the second body part, the locking unit may include a plurality of locking units corresponding to a plurality of the one sections and the other sections, and the unlocking unit may include a plurality of unlocking units corresponding to the plurality of locking units.
In the disclosure, the unlocking unit may be coaxial with the first body part and the second body part and capable of rotating clockwise or counterclockwise around a co-axis as a rotation axis.
In the disclosure, the unlocking unit may include an unlocking main body that is disposed on a movement path of the locking unit and pushes the locking unit in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part, which face each other, increases.
In the disclosure, the locking unit may include a plurality of locking units in a movement direction of the second body part, and the unlocking main body may include a plurality of unlocking main bodies corresponding to the plurality of locking units.
In the disclosure, the locking apparatus may further include a pushing plate part that transmits power to the unlocking unit and pushes the unlocking unit.
In the disclosure, the pushing plate part may linearly reciprocate and may push the unlocking unit.
In the disclosure, when one side of the pushing plate part pushes the unlocking unit, the unlocking unit may move in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part, which face each other, increases.
In the disclosure, one surface of the pushing plate part that may contact the unlocking unit may be an inclined surface forming a certain angle with a movement axis of the pushing plate part.
In the disclosure, the locking unit may include a first locking unit that may move in the at least one section, and a second locking unit that may move in the at least other section, and, when the first locking unit and second locking unit simultaneously contact the first body part and the second body part, the second body part may be prevented from rotating in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions.
In the disclosure, each of the first locking unit and the second locking unit may be provided in one pair to be origin-symmetric with respect to a rotation center of the second body part as the origin.
In the disclosure, the unlocking unit may be coaxial with the first body part and the second body part and may rotate around a co-axis as a rotation axis clockwise or counterclockwise.
In the disclosure, the unlocking unit may include a first unlocking unit that may push the first locking unit, and a second unlocking unit rotating in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the first unlocking unit and pushing the second locking unit.
In the disclosure, each of the first and second unlocking unit may include an unlocking main body that is disposed on a movement path of the first and second locking unit and may push each of the first and second locking unit in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part, which face each other, increases.
In the disclosure, the unlocking main body may include a plurality of unlocking main bodies that may push first and second locking units that are origin-symmetric with respect to a rotation center of the second body part as an origin and provided in one pair.
In the disclosure, the locking apparatus may further include a pushing plate part that transmits power to the first and second unlocking units and may push the first and second unlocking units.
In the disclosure, the pushing plate part may linearly reciprocate and may simultaneously push the first and second unlocking units.
In the disclosure, when the pushing plate part pushes the first and second unlocking units, the first and second unlocking units may be moved in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part, which face each other, increases.
In the disclosure, each surface of the pushing plate part that contacts the first and second unlocking units at both sides with respect to a movement axis of the pushing plate part may be an inclined surface forming a certain angle with a movement axis of the pushing plate part.
In the disclosure, the inclined surface may include a plurality of inclined surfaces for pushing first and second locking units that are origin-symmetric with respect to a rotation center of the second body part as an origin and provided in one pair.
Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims and detailed description of the invention.
According to the locking apparatus according to the disclosure, a relative movement between members different from each other may be prevented due to friction generated as the locking unit is stuck between members different from each other.
Furthermore, the locking apparatus, particularly the unlocking unit, transmits power to the locking unit to selectively release the locking state of the locking apparatus, thereby improving locking performance.
Furthermore, regardless of the positions of the members different from each other, when the locking unit is stuck between the members different from each other by the locking apparatus, a relative movement between the members different from each other may be prevented by a frictional force generated by the locking unit stuck therebetween.
Furthermore, when an external force applied to the locking unit that is in a locking state by being stuck between the members different from each other increases, the frictional force generated as the locking unit is stuck therebetween increases, thereby improving locking performance.
As the disclosure allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail, in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the disclosure to particular modes of practice, and it is to be appreciated that all changes, equivalents, and substitutes that do not depart from the spirit and technical scope of the disclosure are encompassed in the disclosure. In the description of the disclosure, certain detailed explanations of related art are omitted when it is deemed that they may unnecessarily obscure the essence of the disclosure.
While such terms as “first,” “second,” etc., may be used to describe various components, such components must not be limited to the above terms. The above terms are used only to distinguish one component from another.
The terms used in the specification, are merely used to describe embodiments, and are not intended to limit the disclosure. An expression used in the singular encompasses the expression of the plural, unless it has a clearly different meaning in the context. In the specification, it is to be understood that the terms such as “including,” “having,” and “comprising” are intended to indicate the existence of the features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof disclosed in the specification, and are not intended to preclude the possibility that one or more other features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof may exist or may be added.
The disclosure will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the disclosure are shown. Throughout the drawings, like reference numerals denote like elements. In the following description, when detailed descriptions about related well-known functions or structures are determined to make the gist of the disclosure unclear, the detailed descriptions will be omitted herein.
Furthermore, in the description of various embodiments of the disclosure, it is not necessary to independently interpreted or worked each embodiment, and technical concepts described in the respective embodiments should be understood to be interpreted or worked by being combined to another embodiment that is individually described
A locking apparatus according to an embodiment is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The second body part 130 may be move in the movement path formed in the first body part 110. In detail, the second body part 130 is moved in the horizontal direction (based on
A connection member L such as a wire may be connected to the second body part 130, and the connection member L may be connected to a part that is capable of linear motion and rotational motion in equipment such as surgical instruments 1 and 2 that are described later.
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The second body part 130 may be moveable on the movement path in the horizontal direction (based on
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The locking unit 150 that is described later may be disposed between an upper surface of the second body part 130 (based on
The locking state and the unlocking state are described later in detail.
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When the second body part 130 has a certain radius of curvature, one inner surface of the first body part 110 that is capable of contacting the second body part 130 may have a certain radius of curvature to correspond to the shape of the second body part 130.
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In detail, among the inner surfaces of the first body part 110, the inner surface of the first body part 110 that is disposed under the second body part 130 (based on
Among the inner surfaces of the first body part 110, the inner surface of the first body part 110 that is disposed above the second body part 130 (based on
An upper inner surface of the first body part 110 is inclined by a certain degree, and thus an interval between the first body part 110 and the upper surface of the second body part 130 may be changed in a certain section.
Accordingly, in the certain section, the locking unit 150 that is disposed between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 and capable of moving may simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130.
Furthermore, except a section in which the locking unit 150 simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, the locking unit 150 may be disposed to contact only one of the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, and unless the locking unit 150 simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, the second body part 130 may be capable of moving relative to the first body part 110.
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In detail, the interval between one surface of the first body part 110 and one surface of the second body part 130, which face each other, may decrease from a left end portion of the first body part 110 (based on
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The support part 151 is coupled to the first body part to be fixedly located, and may be coupled to the first body part 110 by using a fastening member such as a bolt in the disclosure. However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the support part 151 may be integrally formed with the first body part 110.
The locking main body part 153 may be coupled to the support part 151 to be capable of moving between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 and may include a contact part 153a and an elastic member 153b.
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In the specification, “pushing” denotes pushing from one side toward the other side.
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In the locking apparatus 100 according to an embodiment, the second body part 130 is form flat, and assuming that the movement direction of the second body part 130 (based on the horizontal direction in
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In this state, a frictional force may be generated between the contact part 153a of the locking unit 150 and each of the first body part 110 and the second body part 130. In this state, when the second body part 130 is moved from the left to the right (based on
As the contact part 153a moves to the right, the inner surface of the first body part 110 that is inclined to the lower right by a certain angle may further increase the frictional force between the contact part 153a and each of the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, and simultaneously the frictional force between the lower surface of the second body part 130 and the inner surface of the first body part 110 facing the same may be increased much.
Accordingly, the second body part 130 may be difficult to move further to the right.
In other words, when the contact part 153a simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, as the second body part 130 is moved further to the right, the contact part 153a is stuck between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, and thus the second body part 130 is prevented from moving to the right.
The frictional force generated from being stuck and preventing the movement of the second body part 130 is increased further because a phenomenon that the contact part 153a is further stuck between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 occurs as a force to move the second body part 130 to the right increases, and thus the frictional force further prevents the movement of the second body part 130 and establishes a locking state.
However, even when the contact part 153a simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, if the second body part 130 is moved toward the left by a certain external force, then the contact part 153a is moved toward the left together by the frictional force between the contact part 153a and the second body part 130.
As the contact part 153a moves toward the left side, the contact part 153a is separated from the inner surface of the first body part 110 that is inclined to the upper left, and thus, unlike the above case, the second body part 130 may freely move.
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In the following description, a modification of the embodiment is described in detail.
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Accordingly, the interval between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 decreases in the outward direction with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110 (based on
When the locking unit 150 moving between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 moves in the outward direction with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, the locking unit 150 simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, and thus in the same principle as the description in
In other words, when a locking unit 150A simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 in the left side with respect to the center portion, the second body part 130 may be prevented from moving from the right to the left.
When a locking unit 150B0 simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 in the right side with respect to the center portion, the second body part 130 may be prevented from relatively moving in both directions from the left to the right.
Accordingly, when the locking units 150A and 150B that is disposed in both sides of the first body part 110 with respect to the center portion simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, the movement of the second body part 130 from the right to the left is prevented in the left side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, and simultaneously the movement of the second body part 130 from the left to the right is prevented in the right side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110. As a result, the second body part 130 may be prevented from moving in both directions with respect to the first body part 110 (based on the horizontal direction in
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Although it is not illustrated in the drawings, in this state, an interval between the inner surface of the first body part 110 and the outer surface of the second body part 130, which face each other, decreases from the outside to the inside with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110.
Accordingly, the locking units 150A and 150B moving between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 may simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 when moving toward the inside with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110.
Accordingly, the relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110 may be prevented, thereby entering the locking state. In this state, a direction in which the elastic member 153b pushes the contact part 153a may be a direction from the outside to the inside.
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The support parts 151A and 151B are fixedly coupled to the first body part 110 by using a fastening member such as a bolt in the disclosure. However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the support parts 151A and 151B may be integrally formed with the first body part 110. Referring to
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Accordingly, in the left side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, the locking main body part 153A moves in a direction away from the support part 151A to simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other.
In the right side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, the locking main body part 153B moves in a direction away from the support part 151B to simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other.
Additionally, in the left side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110 where the support parts 151A and 151B are disposed, a frictional force due to being stuck between the locking unit 150A and each of the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 is generated, and thus the relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110 may be prevented from the right to the left.
In the right side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, in the same principle, the relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110 may be prevented from the left to the right, and thus the second body part 130 is prevented from moving in both directions with respect to the first body part 110.
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When the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba are formed in a cylindrical shape, the locking unit 150, particularly the locking main body parts 153A and 153B, moving between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 which face each other, and thus the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba has a line contact with each of the first body part 110 and the second body part 130. Accordingly, compared with a case in which the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba has a point contact with the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, a contact portion increases and the increase of the contact portion means an increase of a friction portion. The increase of the friction portion improves locking performance by preventing the relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110.
In the disclosure, although the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba each have a cylindrical shape by extending in a length direction of a center axis, various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba each have a ball shape to have a point contact with each of the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other.
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In detail, as the first straight line L11 and the second straight line L12 form the angle α, not 180 degrees, one surface of the first body part 110 and one surface of the second body part 130, which face each other, are not parallel to each other, and as shown in
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Likewise, the elastic member 153Bb pushes a contact part 153Aa to move from the right to the left (based on
In other words, the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb may be compression springs that resist compression.
The elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb may have elastic resilience in a direction in which the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba are pushed in a direction away from the support parts 151A and 151B. In other words, when one surface of the first body part 110 facing the second body part 130 is inclined downward and outward with respect to the center portion, the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb may move in a direction in which the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba are away from the support parts 151A and 151B to simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130.
Accordingly, when the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb respectively push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba disposed at both sides with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, each of the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba simultaneously contacts the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other, and the friction and the being stuck generated as the second body part 130 and the first body part 110 contact each other may prevent the movement of the second body part 130 relative to the first body part 110.
However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that, as the interval between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other, decreases in a direction from the outside to the inside toward the center portion of the first body part 110, the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb pulls the contact part 153Aa to move the contact part 153Aa in the direction from the left to the right the contact part 153Aa in the left side with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, and in this state, the elastic member 153Ab has elastic resilience in a direction from the left to the right.
In this case, when one surface of the first body part 110 facing the second body part 130 is inclined upward and outward with respect to the center portion, the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba are moved by the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb in a direction (from the right to the left) approaching the support parts 151A and 151B to directly contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, thereby preventing the relative movement of the second body part 130 to the first body part 110.
Furthermore, various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that, when the support parts 151A and 151B are independently disposed to face each other and one surface of the first body part 110 is inclined upward and outward with respect to the center portion, the elastic member 153Aa and 153Bb respectively connected to the support parts 151A and 151B push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba, respectively, from the outside to the inside (that is, toward the center portion of the first body part 110).
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The locking unit 150, particularly the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba, move in the outward direction with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, and when the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, a frictional force is generated so that the relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110 may be prevented.
The unlocking units 160A and 160B according to a modification of the embodiment may push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba that simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other, due to the elastic resilience of the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb the direction toward the center portion of the first body part 110, that is, in a direction in which the interval between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other, increases.
As the unlocking units 160A and 160B push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba toward the center portion of the first body part 110, the locking state in which a relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110 is prevented is released, and thus the second body part 130 may move relative to the first body part 110.
Although it is not illustrated in the drawings, a modified embodiment is possible such that, when the first body part 110 facing the second body part 130 extending in the horizontal direction has a surface inclined upward and outward with respect to the center portion, and the interval between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other, increases outward from the center portion of the first body part 110, the unlocking units 160A and 160B may push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba outward from the center portion of the first body part 110.
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Bent portions 163A and 163B may protrude toward the locking unit 150 respectively from one end portions of the unlocking units 160A and 160B, particularly the unlocking main bodies 161A and 161B, facing the locking unit 150, particularly the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba.
As such, as the bent parts 163A and 163B protrude, when the unlocking units 160A and 160B push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba, the bent parts 163A and 163B formed on the unlocking main bodies 161A and 161B and the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba contact each other at one or more points. Accordingly, when the bent parts 163A and 163B push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba in a direction in which the interval between one surface of the first body part 110 and one surface of the second body part 130, which face each other, increases, movement stability of the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba may be improved.
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In a modification of the embodiment, the unlocking units 160A and 160B may rotate in different directions around the unlocking pin portion 165 as the same rotation center, but the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that the unlocking units 160A and 160B may rotate around different rotation centers or may linearly reciprocate.
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As the first unlocking unit 160A rotates counterclockwise, the contact part 153Aa is pushed toward the center portion of the first body part 110. A second unlocking unit 160B having the same rotation center as same the first unlocking unit 160A and rotating clockwise in the opposite direction to that of the first unlocking unit 160A pushes the contact part 153Ba toward the center portion of the first body part 110.
Then, as the unlocking units 160A and 160B separate the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba, which are disposed at both sides with respect to the center portion of the first body part 110, from the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, the locking state of the locking apparatus 100 may be released.
Although it is not illustrated in the drawings, the first and second unlocking units 160A and 160B are rotatably coupled to the first body part 110 by means of a separate connection member such as a lever, to simultaneously push the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba disposed at both sides of the first body part 110 toward the center portion of the first body part 110, particularly in a direction in which the interval between the first body part 110 and the second body part 130, which face each other, increases.
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When the unlocking units 160A and 160B are separated from the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba, the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba are respectively moved by the elastic members 153Ab and 153Bb outward with respect to the support parts 151A and 151B that are the center portion of the first body part 110. Then, as the interval between one surface of the first body part 110 and one surface of the second body part 130, which face each other, decreases outward, the contact parts 153Aa and 153Ba start to simultaneously contact the first body part 110 and the second body part 130 at a certain position, and Accordingly, the locking state in which the relative movement of the second body part 130 with respect to the first body part 110 is prevented may be established.
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A locking apparatus according to another embodiment is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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A movement path may be formed in the first body part 210 so that the second body part 230 is movable in the movement path. In this state, the movement path may be formed in the first body part 210 in a groove shape, particularly between inner surfaces of the first body part 210 which face each other.
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The second body part 230 moves in the horizontal direction (based on
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Comparing with the locking apparatus 100 according to an embodiment, in the locking apparatus 200 according to another embodiment, the inner surfaces of the first body part 210, which face each other and forming the movement path, are symmetrically arranged with respect to the movement axis X1, and the inner surfaces of the first body part 210, which face each other, do not directly contact the second body part 230 not only in the upper side, but also in the lower side of the second body part 230.
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In other words, according to another embodiment, an interval between the upper surface or the lower surface (based on
However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and in the locking apparatus 100 according to an embodiment, as described above, various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that an interval between the first body part 210 and the second body part 230 increases outward with respect to the center portion of the first body part 210.
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The locking units 250A, 250B, 250C, and 250D are provided between the first body part 210 and the second body part 230 in the upper side and between the first body part 210 and the second body part 230 in the lower side with respect to the second body part 230. Accordingly, a phenomenon of being stuck is simultaneously generated in the locking units, and thus a frictional force is increased so that locking performance may be improved.
In the locking apparatus 200 according to another embodiment, except that the locking units 250A, 250B, 250C, and 250D are respectively and symmetrically disposed between the inner surfaces of the first body part 210 that are symmetrically with respect to the movement axis X1 of the second body part 230, and that the locking units 250A, 250B, 250C, and 250D increase frictional forces by simultaneously contacting the first body part 210 and the second body part 230, the locking units 250A, 250B, 250C, and 250D, the detailed structures of the unlocking units 260A, 260D, 260C, and 260D are substantially the same as those of the locking unit 150 and the unlocking unit 160 in the locking apparatus 100 according to an embodiment, and thus redundant descriptions thereof are omitted.
Additionally, in the locking apparatus 200 according to another embodiment, as the locking units 250A, 250B, 250C, and 250D, and the unlocking units 260A, 260D, 260C, and 260D, are plurally disposed in both of the left and right sides (based on
However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and a modification of an embodiment is possible such that, as the locking unit and the unlocking unit are disposed only in one side of the left and right sides of the first body part 210, the relative movement of the second body part 230 with respect to the first body part 210 in one direction may be prevented.
A locking apparatus according to another embodiment is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A locking apparatus 300 according to another embodiment may include a first body part 310, a second body part 330, a locking unit 350, an unlocking unit 360, a pushing plate part 370, a base part 380, a guide member 390, and a locking apparatus rotation axis part 395.
In the locking apparatus 300 according to another embodiment, the locking unit 350 denotes locking main body parts 353A and 353B. Referring to
However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that, as shown in
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The second body part 330 is coaxially with the first body part 310, and may be disposed to be rotatable outside the first body part 310. In other words, the second body part 330 may be disposed to be rotatable around the same rotation axis with the first body part 310. In detail, the second body part 330 according to another embodiment has a cylindrical shape having a constant radius, a constant radius of curvature, and a hollow space therein.
Although it is not illustrated in the drawings, the second body part 330 may be connected to a movable portion, for example, the connection member L such as a wire, in a separate apparatus, such as the surgical instruments 1 and 2, where the locking apparatus 300 is installed.
The first body part 310, the unlocking unit 360, and the locking main body parts 353A and 353B may be disposed inside the second body part 330 according to another embodiment. Accordingly, when the second body part 330 rotates outside the first body part 310, a certain apparatus connected to the second body part 330 is capable of rotational motion or linear motion with the second body part 330.
Furthermore, in a locking state in which the second body part 330 is prevented from moving related to the first body part 310 by the locking main body parts 353A and 353B, a linear or rotational motion of the portion connected to the second body part 330 may be prevented.
In a certain section, an interval between one surface of the first body part 310 and one surface of the second body part 330, which face each other, may decrease in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction around the locking apparatus rotation axis part 395 that is the rotation center of the first body part 310, as a rotation center.
As the interval between one surface of the first body part 310 (outer circumferential surface) and one surface of the second body part 330 (inner circumferential surface) decreases, when the locking main body parts 353A and 353B simultaneously contact the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, the second body part 330 may be prevented from moving in any one direction relative to the first body part 310.
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Accordingly, as the locking main body parts 353A and 353B move in the clockwise direction to simultaneously contact the first body part 310 and the second body part 330 therebetween, a locking state may be established, in which the clockwise (based on
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As the interval between one surface of the first body part 310 and one surface of the second body part 330 decreases in the counterclockwise direction, the locking main body parts 353A and 353B move in the counterclockwise direction to simultaneously contact the first body part 310 and the second body part 330 therebetween, the movement of the second body part 330 in the counterclockwise direction, that is, a locking state may be established, in which the second body part 330 is prevented from moving in one direction (counterclockwise direction) relative to the first body part 310.
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Also, the locking apparatuses 500A and 500B, in which an interval between one surface of each of the first body parts 510A and 510B and one surface of each of the second body parts 530A and 530B decrease in the clockwise direction, are provided on the same yaw axis forming a surface symmetry with respect to a plane (based on a X-Y plane of
Accordingly, in the locking state of the surgical instrument 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which the locking apparatuses 400A, 400B, 500A, and 500B according to the embodiments are installed, a relative movement of a portion (based on a bent part 35 of
Also, a relative movement of a portion (based on
In this regard, a detailed description will be presented in the description of the surgical instrument 1 where the locking apparatus 300 according to another embodiment is installed.
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Accordingly, the locking main body parts 353A and 353B, particularly the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba, are placed in a portion where the outer surface of the first body part 310 disposed inside the second body part 330 is formed as an inclined surface, and thus the locking main body parts 353A and 353B stably contact the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, thereby generating a frictional force.
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The contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba are disposed between the first body part 310 and the second body part 330 and have a cylindrical shape like the contact parts 153Aa, 153Ba, 253Aa, 253Ba, 253Ca, and 253Da according to the embodiments. However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba may have a ball shape.
The contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba may be disposed to be capable of moving between the first body part 310 and the second body part 330.
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Although the locking support part 317 according to another embodiment is integrally formed with the first body part 310, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that the locking support part 317 may be formed as a separate element coupled to the first body part 310 like the support parts 151 and 251 according to the embodiments.
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The first locking main body part 353A is coupled to the first body part 310, in detail, to the locking support part 317. The first locking main body part 353A may include a contact part 353Aa and an elastic member 353Ab. The elastic member 353Ab connected to the contact part 353Aa has elastic resilience in the outward direction of the contact part 353Aa, that is, in a direction away from the locking support part 317, and due to the elastic resilience of the elastic member 353Ab, the contact part 353Aa may be pushed toward the inclined surface formed in the first body part 310.
The second locking main body part 353B is symmetric with respect to the position of the first locking main body part 353A, and may be coupled to the other side (based on the lower side of
The second locking main body part 353B may be disposed in the lower side (based on
The second locking main body part 353B may include a contact part 353Ba and an elastic member 353Bb. The elastic member 353Bb connected to the contact part 353Ba has elastic resilience in the outward direction of the contact part 353Ba, that is, in a direction away from the locking support part 317, and due to the elastic resilience of the elastic member 353Bb, the contact part 353Ba may be pushed toward the inclined surface formed in the first body part 310.
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The unlocking main body is coaxial with the first body part 310 and the second body part 330 and may be rotated around the locking apparatus rotation axis part 395 that is the rotation centers of the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, as a rotation center. The unlocking main body may have a flat plate shape.
A hole portion may be formed at the center of the unlocking main body, and a protruding portion (corresponding to a protruding portion 631 of
As the protruding portion of the second body part 330 is inserted into the hole portion formed in the unlocking main body, a rotation path of the unlocking unit 360 may be provided, and the unlocking unit 360 may rotated clockwise or counterclockwise while maintaining the rotation center.
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Accordingly, the bent part 363 is disposed on the movement path of the locking main body parts 353A and 353B, particularly the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba, and may push the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba in a direction in which the interval between the respective surfaces of the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, which face each other, increases as the unlocking unit 360 is rotated.
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As the unlocking unit 360 rotates in the in the counterclockwise direction (based on
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The contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba are separated from the center portion of the first body part 310 due to the elastic resilience of the elastic members 353Ab and 353Bb and moved in a direction in which the interval between the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, which face each other, decreases. In the process, the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba are stuck between the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, and a locking state may be established in which the movement of the second body part 330 to the first body part 310 in the clockwise direction (based on
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The pushing plate part 370 transmits power to the unlocking unit 360. In detail, the pushing plate part 370 may transmit rotational power to the unlocking unit 360 by pushing the unlocking unit 360.
Accordingly, as the pushing plate part 370 according to another embodiment pushes the unlocking unit 360, the unlocking unit 360 rotates counterclockwise, and the unlocking unit 360 pushes the locking main body parts 353A and 353B, particularly the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba. Accordingly, as the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba may move in a direction in which in a direction (counterclockwise direction) in which the interval between one surface of the first body part 310 and one surface of the second body part 330, which face each other, increases, the contact parts 353Aa and 353Ba are released from the state of simultaneously contacting the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, and thus the second body part 330 may move relative to the first body part 310 (based on the clockwise direction in
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A pushing plate guide part 372 may be formed in the pushing plate main body 371 in a movement direction of the pushing plate main body 371 (based on the X2 axial direction in
The guide member 390 may include a plurality of guide members and may be disposed on the first body part 310 with a certain interval in the movement direction of the pushing plate main body 371. Accordingly, the pushing plate main body 371 is provided with a movement path and may stably move in a set path (based on the X2 axial direction in
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In other words, in a basic state having no external force, the pushing plate elastic part 373 may push the pushing plate part 370 so that the locking apparatus 300 enters a locking state.
The pushing plate elastic part 373 according to another embodiment has elastic resilience in a direction (based on the direction from the left to the right in
On surface of the pushing plate part 370 according to another embodiment, particularly the pushing plate main body 371, facing the unlocking unit 360, may include an inclined surface S1 having a certain angle θ2 with respect to the movement axis X2 of the pushing plate main body 371.
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Accordingly, the locking main body parts 353A and 353B are released from between one surface of the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, which face each other, and the second body part 330 capable of moving relative to the first body part 310 is capable of rotating clockwise (based on
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Accordingly, when the unlocking operation of the locking main body parts 353A and 353B is completed, due to the elastic resilience of the pushing plate elastic part 373, the pushing plate main body 371 is moved to the right (based on
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In other words, in the locking apparatus 300 according to another embodiment, the movement of the second body part 330 to the first body part 310 in one direction (clockwise) may be prevented due to a frictional force generated as the locking main body parts 353A and 353B are stuck between the first body part 310 and the second body part 330, which face each other.
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As the structure of the base part 380 according to another embodiment is the same as that of a base part 680 according to another embodiment, a detailed description thereof is presented later.
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A head part (not referenced) formed in the guide member 390 may be formed greater than the width of the pushing plate guide part 372, and thus the pushing plate main body 371 may be prevented from escaping from the first body part 310, and as the pushing plate main body 371 is disposed between the first body part 310 and the head part, the pushing plate main body 371 may push the unlocking unit 360 that the pushing plate main body 371 faces.
As the head part according to another embodiment is the same as a head part 691 according to another embodiment, a detailed description thereof is presented later.
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The respective center axes that are rotation centers of the first body part 310, the second body part 330, and the unlocking unit 360 may be congruous with one another due to the locking apparatus rotation axis part 395.
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In the disclosure, for release of a locking state, in order to push a contact part of a locking unit in a direction in which an interval between a first body part and a second body part increases, a pushing plate part is moved to rotate an unlocking unit, thereby allowing the unlocking unit to push the contact part.
However, a method to implement the basic concept of pushing the contact part of the locking unit for the release of a locking state may be easily modified in various ways in addition to the method described in the specification. The disclosure is not limited to the method described in the specification, and may include various modified method for implementing the basic concept.
A locking apparatus according to another embodiment is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The locking apparatus 600 according to another embodiment may include a first body part 610, a second body part 630, a locking unit 650, the unlocking units 660A and 660B, a pushing plate part 670, the base part 680, a guide member 690, and a locking apparatus rotation axis part 695.
In the locking apparatus 600 according to another embodiment, the locking unit 650 denotes locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2. Referring to
However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and referring to
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The second body part 630 has a constant radius and a constant radius of curvature and may have a cylindrical shape having a hollow space therein. Referring to
Accordingly, when the second body part 630 rotates outside the first body part 610, a certain apparatus connected to the second body part 630 is capable of rotational motion or linear motion together. In a locking state in which the relative movement of the second body part 630 with respect to the first body part 610 is prevented due to the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2, a linear or rotational motion of a portion connected to the second body part 630 may be restricted.
When an interval between one surface of the first body part 610 and one surface of the second body part 630, which face each other, decreases in a certain section in one direction with respect to the center portion of the first body part 610, and the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 simultaneously contact the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, the movement of the second body part 630 to the first body part 610 in both directions, particularly in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, is prevented.
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Accordingly, the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2, particularly the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a, are placed in a portion where the outer surface of the first body part 610 is formed as an inclined surface and stably contact the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, thereby generating a frictional force.
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The contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a are disposed between the first body part 610 and the second body part 630 and may have a cylindrical shape like the contact parts 153Aa, 153Ba, 253Aa, 253Ba, 253Ca, 253Da, 653Aa, and 653Ba according to the above-described embodiments. However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a may have a ball shape.
The contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a may be disposed to be movable between the first body part 610 and the second body part 630.
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The locking support part 617 is coupled to the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2, particularly the elastic members 653A1b, 653A2b, 653B1b, and 653B2b.
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The first locking main body parts 653A1 and 653A2 are connected to the first body part 610, particularly the locking support part 617, and may include a plurality of first locking main body parts. The first locking main body parts 653A1 and 653A2 may be disposed to be symmetric with respect to the locking support part 617.
The first locking main body parts 653A1 and 653A2 may include the contact parts 653A1a and 653A2a and the elastic member 653A1b and 653A2b, and the elastic member 653A1b and 653A2b that are respectively connected to the contact parts 653A1a and 653A2a may have elastic resilience to push the contact parts 653A1a and 653A2a outward from the locking support part 617. Due to the elastic resilience of the elastic member 653A1b and 653A2b, the contact parts 653A1a and 653A2a may be pushed outward with respect to the center portion of the first body part 610, that is, toward the inclined surface formed in the first body part 610.
The second locking main body parts 653B1 and 653B2 may be formed at positions symmetric with respect to the positions of the first locking main body parts 653A1 and 653A2, and may be coupled to the other side (based on the lower side in
The second locking main body parts 653B1 and 653B2 may be disposed in the lower side (based on
The second locking main body parts 653B1 and 653B2 may include the contact parts 653B1a and 653B2a and the elastic members 653B1b and 653B2b, and the elastic members 653B1b and 653B2b respectively connected to the contact parts 653B1a and 653B2a may have elastic resilience to push the contact parts 653B1a and 653B2a outward from the locking support part 617. Due to the elastic resilience of the elastic members 653B1b and 653B2b, the contact parts 653B1a and 653B2a may be pushed toward the inclined surface formed in the first body part 610.
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In the locking apparatus 600 according to another embodiment, a total of four locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 including the first locking main body parts 653A1 and 653A2 and the second locking main body parts 653B1 and 653B2.
However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that over four locking main body parts may be disposed along the circumference of the first body part 610 commonly having the rotation center of the second body part 630.
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The unlocking main bodies 661A and 661B are coaxial with the first body part 610 and the second body part 630 and may be rotated around the locking apparatus rotation axis part 695 that is the rotation center of the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, as a rotation center. The unlocking main bodies 661A and 661B may have a flat plate shape.
A hole portion may be formed at centers of the unlocking main bodies 661A and 661B, and the protruding portion 631 protruding toward the unlocking units 660A and 660B is formed on the second body part 630 and may be inserted into the hole portion. As the protruding portion 631 of the second body part 630 is inserted into the hole portion formed in the unlocking main bodies 661A and 661B, a rotation path of the unlocking units 660A and 660B is provided, and the unlocking units 660A and 660B may be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise while maintaining the rotation center.
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Accordingly, the bent parts 663A and 663B are disposed on the locking unit 650, particularly on a movement path of the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a, and as the unlocking units 660A and 660B rotate, may push the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a in a direction in which the interval between the respective surfaces of the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, which face each other, increases.
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In this state, the unlocking units 660A and 660B may rotate in different directions. The unlocking units 660A and 660B may be disposed to be origin symmetric with respect to the rotation center of the second body part 630.
Accordingly, referring to
As the unlocking unit 660A rotates counterclockwise, the locking main body parts 653A1 and 653B1 are pushed toward the center portion of the first body part 610, and thus the locking main body parts 653A1 and 653B1, particularly the contact parts 653A1a and 653B1a, are moved in a direction in which the interval between the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, which face each other, increases. Accordingly, locking may be released so that the rotation of the second body part 630 in the clockwise direction (based on
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As the unlocking unit 660B rotates clockwise, the locking main body parts 653A2 and 653B2 are pushed toward the center portion of the first body part 610, the locking main body parts 653A2 and 653B2, particularly the contact parts 653A2a and 653B2a, are moved in a direction in which the interval between the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, which face each other, increases. Accordingly, the locking may be released so that the rotation in the in the counterclockwise direction (based on
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In detail, the bent parts 663A and 663B provided in the unlocking units 660A and 660B disposed on the movement path of the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a may be disposed to be original symmetric with respect to the center of the second body part 630, that is, the locking apparatus rotation axis part 695.
Accordingly, as the unlocking units 660A and 660B that are plural, not singular, rotate in different directions of the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, the unlocking units 660A and 660B push the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a to move the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a in a direction in which the interval between one surface of the first body part 610 and one surface of the second body part 630, which face each other, increases.
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The contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a are moved due to the elastic resilience of the elastic members 653A1b, 653A2b, 653B1b, and 653B2b in a direction away from the center portion of the first body part 610, that is, in a direction in which the interval between one surface of the first body part 610 and one surface of the second body part 630, which face each other, decreases.
In detail, the contact part 653A1a disposed in the upper right side (based on
Additionally, the contact part 653A2a disposed in the upper left side (based on
In other words, the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 comprise a plurality of locking main body parts and are disposed at both sides with respect to the center portion of the first body part 610, and thus the movement of the first body part 610 to the second body part 630 in both directions may be prevented. As the pushing plate part 670 that is singular and described later pushes the unlocking units 660A and 660B, the unlocking units 660A and 660B push the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 to move toward the center portion of the first body part 610, and thus the movement of the first body part 610 to the second body part 630 in both directions may be possible.
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Accordingly, as the pushing plate part 670 moves and pushes the unlocking units 660A and 660B, the unlocking units 660A and 660B rotates counterclockwise or clockwise. As the unlocking units 660A and 660B push the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2, particularly the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a, the contact parts 653A1a, 653A2a, 653B1a, and 653B2a may be moved in a direction in which the interval between one surface of the first body part 610 and one surface of the second body part 630, which face each other, increases. Accordingly, the movement of the second body part 630 to the first body part 610 may be possible.
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A pushing plate guide part 672 is formed in the pushing plate main body 671 in a movement direction of the pushing plate main body 671 (based on the X2 axial direction in
The guide member 690 may include a plurality of guide members and may be separately disposed on the first body part 610 with a certain interval in the movement direction of the pushing plate main body 671. Accordingly, the pushing plate main body 671 may be provided with a movement path and may stably move in a set path (based on the X2 axial direction in
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In other words, in a basic state having no external force, the pushing plate elastic part 673 may push the pushing plate part 670 so that the locking apparatus 600 enters a locking state.
The pushing plate elastic part 673 according to another embodiment has elastic resilience in a direction in which the pushing plate main body 671 is away from the second base 683 (based on the direction from the right to the left in
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Accordingly, the pushing plate main body 671 pushes the unlocking unit 660A, particularly the bent part 663A, disposed in the upper right side (based on
As the pushing plate main body 671 is formed to be symmetric with respect to the movement axis X2, like one surface facing the unlocking unit 660A in the upper side (based on
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In this state, the unlocking unit 660A may have two bent parts 663A at the opposite ends thereof, and accordingly, the unlocking unit 660A that is singular and rotates may simultaneously push the two contact parts 653A1a and 653B1a.
Likewise, the unlocking unit 660B may also have two bent part 663B at the opposite ends thereof, and accordingly, the unlocking unit 660B that is singular and rotates may simultaneously push the two contact parts 653A2a and 653B2a.
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The second inclined surface S2 is formed in front of the first inclined surface S1 when a direction in which the first inclined surface S1 pushes the unlocking units 660A and 660B (based on the direction from the right to the left in
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Likewise, the second inclined surface S2 pushes the unlocking unit 660A, particularly the bent part 663A in the lower left side with respect to the center of the first body part 610, so as to provide additional power to rotate the unlocking unit 660A counterclockwise.
Meanwhile, as the first inclined surface S1 pushes the bent part 663B in the lower right side with respect to the center of the first body part 610, the locking main body part 653B2 disposed in the lower right side and the locking main body part 653A2 disposed in the upper left side rotate clockwise.
Simultaneously, the second inclined surface S2 pushes the unlocking unit 660B, particularly the bent part 663B, in the upper left side with respect to the center of the first body part 610, so as to provide additional power to rotate the unlocking unit 660B clockwise.
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The second inclined surface S2 contacts each of the bent part 663B and the bent part 663A that are respectively disposed to be symmetric with the bent parts 663A and 663B contacting the first inclined surface S1.
Accordingly, in addition to pushing of the pushing plate main body 671 by the first inclined surface S1, the bent part 663B disposed in the upper side with respect to the movement axis X2 of the pushing plate main body 671 contacts the second inclined surface S2 and is pushed and rotated clockwise. Simultaneously, the bent part 663A disposed in the lower side with respect to the movement axis X2 of the pushing plate main body 671 contacts the second inclined surface S2 and is pushed and rotated counterclockwise.
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The locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 pushed by the unlocking units 660A and 660B, escape from between one surface of the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, which face each other, and the second body part 630 capable of moving relative to the first body part 610 may be capable of rotating in both directions.
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Accordingly, when an unlocking operation of the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 is completed, due to the elastic resilience of the pushing plate elastic part 673, the pushing plate main body 671 is moved to the right (based on
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In other words, in the locking apparatus 600 according to another embodiment, the frictional force generated as the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 are stuck between the first body part 610 and the second body part 630, which face each other may prevent the movement of the first body part 610 to the second body part 630 in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions.
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The second base 683 may be placed on a first body groove part 611 formed in the first body part 610. Accordingly, the first body part 610 may be prevented from rotating, and the rotation of the first body part 610 together due to the rotation of the unlocking units 660A and 660B may be prevented.
The first base 681 may prevent escape of the second body part 630 in the rotation axis direction, and in this state, the first base 681 may be provided not to interfere with the rotation of the second body part 630. The first base 681 may not be provided as necessary.
The base part 680 is fixed to a portion, for example, the surgical instrument 2, where the locking apparatus 600 is installed. As the end portion of the pushing plate elastic part 673 is coupled to the base part 680 to be supported thereon so that the pushing plate elastic part 673 has elastic resilience toward the pushing plate main body 671, the elastic resilience may be reinforced.
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The head part 691 formed in the guide member 690 is greater than the width of the pushing plate guide part 672, and may prevent the pushing plate main body 671 from escaping from the first body part 610. The pushing plate main body 671 is disposed between the first body part 610 and the head part 691, and the pushing plate main body 671 may push the unlocking units 660A and 660B, which face each other.
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The center axes that are the rotation centers of the first body part 610, the second body part 630, the unlocking units 660A and 660B may be matched with one another by the locking apparatus rotation axis part 695, and thus the unlocking units 660A and 660B that are formed to be the origin symmetric with respect to the center may push the locking main body parts 653A1, 653A2, 653B1, and 653B2 simultaneously which face each other, the control of the movement of the first body part 610 to the second body part 630 in both directions (that is, in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction), and the locking performance, may be improved.
Additionally, the locking apparatus rotation axis part 695 may prevent the change of the interval between the first body part 610 and the second body part 630 that is preset in the circumferential direction.
It is advantageous that the stuck-type locking apparatus according to the embodiments of the disclosure may be switched to a locking state at any positions of the first body part and the second body part that move relative to each other.
In other words, in the unlocking state, the second body part may move to the first body part within a certain range, and thus the locking apparatus is capable of switching regardless of the position of the second body part to the first body part.
Furthermore, when the locking apparatus is switched to the locking state, the locking apparatus enters the locking state regardless of the movement clearance of the first body part and the second body part.
For the release of a locking state of the locking apparatus according to the embodiments of the disclosure, the unlocking unit for pushing the locking unit in a direction in which the interval between the first body part and the second body part increases is provided in the form of rotating coaxially with the rotation axes of the first body part and the second body part. However, the concept of the disclosure is not limited thereto, and a method of pushing a locking unit may be modified in various ways, which includes various modified methods of pushing a locking unit under the concept of pushing a locking unit for the release of a locking state.
Furthermore, although the pushing plate part capable of linear motion for the rotation of the unlocking unit capable of rotating according to the embodiments of the disclosure is provided, the method of moving an unlocking unit that pushes a locking unit for the release of a locking state may be modified in various ways. The concept of the disclosure is not limited thereto, which includes various modified methods of moving the unlocking unit under the concept of moving the unlocking unit that pushes the locking unit for the release of a locking state.
A surgical instrument provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as the “surgical instrument”) is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In this state, as the end tool and the connection part are the same as an end tool 10 and a connection part 20 illustrated in
As the end tool 10 is the same element as the end tool 10 of the surgical instrument 2 where a locking apparatus according to another embodiment that is described later is installed, a detailed description thereof is presented later.
The surgical instruments 1 and 2 where the locking apparatuses according to other embodiments of the disclosure are respectively installed may be manually moved for laparoscopic surgery or various other surgeries. A surgeon may perform surgery on a surgical site by manually operating the surgical instruments 1 and 2 by hands.
In the surgical instruments 1 and 2 where the locking apparatuses according to other embodiments of the disclosure are respectively installed, it is one feature that, when a handle part 50 or a finger ring part 40 is rotated in one direction with respect at least one of pitch, yaw, and actuation operations, the end tool is rotated in the intuitively same direction as the operation direction of the handle part 50 and the finger ring part 40.
In the disclosure, it is a feature that the gripping of the end tool 10 is possible by the actuation operation of the finger ring part 40, and the rotation operation of the end tool 10 is possible by the rotation of the handle part 50 or the finger ring part 40.
in the specification, the actuation operation denotes that, while rotating around an axis parallel to a yaw motion rotation axis or other axis, as a center, each of a plurality of finger ring parts provided as the finger ring part 40 rotates in opposite directions to be closed or opened.
Due to the actuation operation of the finger ring part 40, power transmission wires 41 and 42 that are described later transmit power to the end tool 10, and the actuation operation of the end tool 10 where a plurality of jaws are formed is performed.
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In the disclosure, although the power transmission wires 41 and 42 are provided in one pair, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that the power transmission wires 41 and 42 may be provided in one body or may include three or more power transmission wires according to the operation design of the end tool 10 of the surgical instrument 1.
In other words, when a user holds the handle part 50 and performs a pitch or yaw motion, the manipulation part 30, particularly a relative movement among the pitch manipulation part 31, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the bent part 35 allows the power transmission wires 41 and 42 to move, and consequently the pitch or yaw motion of the end tool 10 occurs.
In the disclosure, although the relative movement among the pitch manipulation part 31, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the bent part 35 causes a rotational motion, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the relative movement may cause a linear motion such as a sliding motion.
In the disclosure, the rotational motion of the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32 causes the rotational motion of the end tool 10, and when the rotational motion of the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32 is restricted by the locking apparatuses 400A, 400B, 500A, and 500B, the rotational motion of the end tool 10 is restricted as well.
In the surgical instrument 1, each of the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32 is capable of rotational motion in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and may include two locking apparatuses for restricting a rotational motion in both directions.
In other words, the two locking apparatuses 400A and 400B may be provided to restrict a rotational motion of the pitch manipulation part 31 in both directions, and the two locking apparatuses 500A and 500B may be provided to restrict a rotational motion of the yaw manipulation part 32 in both directions.
In the disclosure, a user controls the locking apparatuses 400A, 400B, 500A, and 500B through the control part to control a relative movement among the pitch manipulation part 31, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the bent part 35.
The control part may include the finger ring part 40, the handle part 50, a first lever part 60, a second lever part 70, a hook part 71, wire parts 81 and 85, wire tube parts 82 and 86, and a wire holder part 61.
In the disclosure, although the control part controls the relative movement among the pitch manipulation part 31, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the bent part 35 through the movements of the wire parts 81 and 85, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that the relative movement may be controlled in a slide method or a button method.
In the specification, the wire part denotes a first wire 81 and a second wire 85, and the wire tube part denotes a first wire tube 82 and a second wire tube 86.
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A pitch motion of the manipulation part 30 of the surgical instrument 1 is performed by the relative movement between the pitch manipulation part 31 and the bent part 35, and the relative movement refers to a rotational motion in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions.
To restrict the relative movement in both directions, two one-way locking apparatuses are provided together.
Likewise, a yaw motion of the manipulation part 30 of the surgical instrument 1 is performed by a relative movement between the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32, and the relative movement refers to a rotational motion in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions.
For the restriction of the relative movement in both directions, two one-way locking apparatuses are provided together.
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The first locking apparatus 400A may be formed such that the interval between the first body part 410A and the second body part 430A, which face each other, decrease clockwise with respect to the center of the first body part 410A.
In the first locking apparatus 400A, the first body part 410A is coupled to the pitch manipulation part 31 and capable of rotating around the pitch axis as a center axis, and the second body part 430A is coupled to the bent part 35.
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Consequently, the pitch manipulation part 31 may be prevented from rotating in the in the counterclockwise direction (viewed in the negative X-axis direction with respect to the pitch axis in
In the specification, the “negative X-axis direction” denotes a direction from the right to the left with respect to a Y-Z plane in
Meanwhile, the second locking apparatus 400B may be formed to prevent the pitch manipulation part 31 from rotating in the clockwise direction (viewed in the negative X-axis direction with respect to the pitch axis in
When the second locking apparatus 400B is coupled to the manipulation part 30 by being reversed in the opposite direction to the first locking apparatus 400A with respect to the pitch axis, the second locking apparatus 400B may prevent the pitch manipulation part 31 from rotating in a direction opposite to the rotational direction that is prevented by the first locking apparatus 400A.
In other words, as shown in
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As a result, the rotation of the pitch manipulation part 31 to the bent part 35 in the counterclockwise direction (based on the positive X-axis direction in
In other words, when viewed with respect to the first locking apparatus 400A (viewed based on the negative X-axis direction in
In
Accordingly, when the first locking apparatus 400A and the second locking apparatus 400B simultaneously enter the locking state, the rotation of the pitch manipulation part 31 to the bent part 35 in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions may be simultaneously prevented.
Accordingly, a pitch motion, particularly a rotational motion of the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32, the finger ring part 40, and the handle part 50 connected thereto relative to the bent part 35 around the pitch axis as a center axis may be prevented.
Consequently, this brings an effect of preventing the end tool 10 from performing a pitch motion.
In this state, various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that each of the first body parts 410A and 410B of the first locking apparatus 400A and the second locking apparatus 400B is coupled to the bent part 35, and each of the second body parts 430A and 430B is coupled to the pitch manipulation part 31.
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Accordingly, as the second body parts 430A and 430B are capable of relative movement with respect to the first body parts 410A and 410B, the rotational motion of the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32, the finger ring part 40, and the handle part 50 connected thereto to the bent part 35 around the pitch axis as a center axis is possible, and thus the pitch motion of the end tool 10 is possible.
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The third locking apparatus 500A may be formed such that the interval between the first body part 510A and the second body part 530A, which face each other, decreases in the clockwise direction with respect to the center of the first body part 510A.
In the third locking apparatus 500A, the first body part 510A is coupled to the yaw manipulation part 32 and may be capable of rotating around the yaw axis as a center, and the second body part 530A is coupled to the pitch manipulation part 31.
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Consequently, the rotation of the yaw manipulation part 32 to the pitch manipulation part 31 in the counterclockwise direction (viewed in the negative Z-axis direction with respect to the yaw axis in
In the specification, the “negative Z-axis direction” denotes a direction from the top to the bottom with respect to the X-Y plane in
Meanwhile, the fourth locking apparatus 500B may be formed to prevent the rotation of the yaw manipulation part 32 to the pitch manipulation part 31 in the clockwise (in the negative Z-axis direction with respect to the yaw axis in
When the fourth locking apparatus 500B is coupled to the manipulation part 30 by being reversed in the opposite direction to the third locking apparatus 500A with respect to the yaw axis, the prevention in the opposite direction to the rotational direction prevented by the third locking apparatus 500A is possible.
In other words, as illustrated in
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As a result, the rotation of the yaw manipulation part 32 with respect to the pitch manipulation part 31 in the counterclockwise direction (based on the positive Z-axis direction in
In other words, when viewed based on the third locking apparatus 500A (based on the negative Z-axis direction in
The negative Z-axis direction in
Accordingly, when the third locking apparatus 500A and the fourth locking apparatus 500B simultaneously enter the locking state, the rotation of the yaw manipulation part 32 to the pitch manipulation part 31 in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions may be simultaneously prevented. Accordingly, a yaw motion, particularly a rotational motion of the yaw manipulation part 32 and the finger ring part 40 and the handle part 50 connected thereto relative to the pitch manipulation part 31 around the yaw axis as a center axis may be prevented.
Consequently, this brings an effect of preventing the end tool 10 from performing a yaw motion.
Various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that each of the first body parts 510A and 510B of the third locking apparatus 500A and the fourth locking apparatus 500B is coupled to the pitch manipulation part 31, and each of the second body parts 530A and 530B is coupled to the yaw manipulation part 32.
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Accordingly, as the first body parts 510A and 510B are capable of relative movement with respect to the second body parts 530A and 530B, the rotational motion of the yaw manipulation part 32 and the finger ring part 40 and the handle part 50 connected thereto with respect to the pitch manipulation part 31 around the yaw axis as a center axis is possible, and thus the yaw motion of the end tool 10 is possible.
While, in the surgical instrument 1 provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment as illustrated in
Furthermore, the locking apparatuses 400A, 400B, 500A, and 500B described in the specification, are capable of at least one operation of pitch, yaw, and actuation operations of the above-described surgical instrument, not applied only to an apparatus capable of joint movement.
Furthermore, in the surgical instrument 1 where the locking apparatuses 400A, 400B, 500A, and 500B according to the embodiments are installed, not only the locking apparatuses 400A, 400B, 500A, and 500B according to the embodiments, but also the locking apparatus 100 according to the embodiment and the locking apparatus 200 according to another embodiment, which are locked or unlocked through a linear motion, may be employed.
In the present embodiment, in the configuration of a locking apparatus for the restriction of a pitch motion or a yaw motion, two one-way locking apparatuses are provided for the restriction of each motion in both directions.
Various modifications of the embodiments of a method of forming two one-way locking apparatuses for the restriction of each of a pitch motion and a yaw motion may be possible.
In other words, in the present embodiment, the one-way locking apparatuses for restricting the rotational motion in the same direction are provided by being reversed (in the opposite reference rotation axis directions of the rotational motion), so as to restrict the rotational motion of a pitch or yaw motion in both directions, but other modified configurations may be possible.
For example, different from the present embodiment, one-way locking apparatuses that restrict a rotational motion in the opposite directions are configured to have a rotation axis in the same direction, so as to be configured to restrict the rotational motion of a pitch or yaw motion in both directions.
Accordingly, the configuration described in the present embodiment does not limit the concept of the disclosure, is to explain the concept that one-way locking apparatus is provided in twos to restrict a rotational motion of a certain motion (a pitch or yaw motion) in both directions, and is to be understood as including various modified examples under such a concept.
A surgical instrument provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as the “surgical instrument”) is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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In the disclosure, a user controls the locking apparatuses 700 and 800 through the control part, thereby controlling a relative movement among the pitch manipulation part 31, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the bent part 35.
The control part may include the finger ring part 40, the handle part 50, the first lever part 60, the second lever part 70, the hook part 71, the wire parts 81 and 85, the wire tube parts 82 and 86, and the wire holder part 61.
In the disclosure, although the control part controls a relative rotational motion among the pitch manipulation part 31, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the bent part 35 through the movements of the wire parts 81 and 85, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments such as a slide type relative linear motion or a button type are possible.
In the specification, the wire part denotes the first wire 81 and the second wire 85, and the wire tube part denotes the first wire tube 82 and the second wire tube 86.
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The end tool 10 is engaged with the manipulation part 30 that is described later, and when the movement of the manipulation part 30 is prevented by the locking apparatuses 700 and 800, the movement of the end tool 10 may be prevented as well.
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In the specification, the pitch axis for a pitch motion may denote a first rotation axis in a claim, and the yaw axis for a yaw motion may denote a second rotation axis in a claim.
Furthermore, a user may perform a pitch motion and a yaw motion while holding the handle part 50 using a hand, particularly, referring to
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The yaw manipulation part 32 may be connected to the finger ring part 40 and the handle part 50 so as to be engagingly moved (or rotated) as a user manipulates the finger ring part 40 and the handle part 50.
In other words, when a user performs a yaw motion around the yaw axis as a rotation center by holding the handle part 50 or inserting a finger into the finger ring part 40, the yaw manipulation part 32, the handle part 50, and the finger ring part 40 altogether are yaw-rotated around the yaw axis as a rotation center.
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The pitch manipulation part 31 is connected to the yaw manipulation part 32, the finger ring part 40, and the handle part 50, and when a user performs a pitch motion rotating around the pitch axis as a rotation center by holding the handle part 50 or inserting a finger into the finger ring part 40, the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32, the handle part 50, and the finger ring part 40 altogether pitch-rotate around the pitch axis as a rotation center.
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In the specification, in the surgical instrument 2 provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment, a locking apparatus for controlling a pitch motion and a locking apparatus for controlling a yaw motion are defined to be the fifth locking apparatus and the sixth locking apparatus, respectively.
However, in the specification, the first locking apparatus and the second locking apparatus in claim 11 denote the fifth locking apparatus 700 and the sixth locking apparatus 800, respectively.
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As the first body part 710 and the second body part 730 rotate relative to each other around the pitch axis as a rotation center, the pitch manipulation part 31 and the bent part 35 may rotate relative to each other.
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In this state, the pushing plate elastic part 773 may be a tension spring resisting tension and may facilitate a movement of the pushing plate part 770 in any one direction.
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The “locking direction” denotes a negative Y-axis direction from the right to the left with respect to an X-Z plane (based on
As the locking unit 750, particularly a locking main body part 753, is stuck between the first body part 710 and the second body part 730, a frictional force is generated, and a locking state may be established, in which a relative movement between the first body part 710 and the second body part 730, particularly a pitch motion that is a relative movement of the bent part 35 and the pitch manipulation part 31, is prevented.
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However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and various modifications of the embodiments are possible such that, in the fifth locking apparatus 700, the first body part 710 is connected to the bent part 35 and the second body part 730 is connected to the pitch manipulation part 31, and in the sixth locking apparatus 800, the second body part 830 is connected to the yaw manipulation part 32, the handle part 50, and the finger ring part 40, and the first body part 810 is connected to the pitch manipulation part 31.
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In other words, as the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 moves relative to each other around the yaw axis as a rotation center, the finger ring part 40 and the handle part 50 that are connected to the yaw manipulation part 32 may rotate relative to the pitch manipulation part 31.
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In this state, the pushing plate elastic part 873 may be a tension spring resisting tension and may facilitate a movement of the pushing plate part 870 in any one direction.
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In the unlocking state of the sixth locking apparatus 800, the handle part 50 and the yaw manipulation part 32 altogether may yaw-rotate around the yaw axis as a rotation center, and in the unlocking state of the fifth locking apparatus 700, the handle part 50, the yaw manipulation part 32, and the pitch manipulation part 31 altogether may pitch-rotate around the pitch axis as a rotation center.
In the locking state of the sixth locking apparatus 800 in which the relative movement of the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 is prevented, the finger ring part 40 may rotate around the rotation axis thereof as a center to perform the actuation operation of the end tool 10, but the rotation of the handle part 50 and the yaw manipulation part 32 altogether around the yaw axis as a rotation center is prevented.
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The handle part 50 is connected to the manipulation part 30, and a user holds the handle part 50 and performs a pitch motion, that is, a pitch motion that the pitch manipulation part 31 and the yaw manipulation part 32 altogether rotate around the pitch axis as a rotation center with respect to the bent part 35.
Furthermore, a yaw motion, particularly an operation that the yaw manipulation part 32 and the finger ring part 40 altogether rotate around the yaw axis as a rotation center with respect to the pitch manipulation part 31, may be performed.
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The handle part 50 is connected to the first lever part 60, and the first lever part 60 may rotate around a rotation axis L1 of the first lever part 60 (based on
Furthermore, the first wire 81 and the second wire 85 are provided to move inside the first wire tube 82 and the second wire tube 86, respectively.
Although it is not illustrated in the drawings, the tube holder part 90 may be not only formed inside the handle part 50, but also coupled to second bases 783 and 883 or integrally formed with the second bases 783 and 883.
Although it is not illustrated in the drawings, as illustrated in
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As the pushing plate main bodies 771 and 871 move in the “locking direction”, the locking units 750 and 850 are moved in a direction in which the interval between the first body parts 710 and 810 and the second body parts 730 and 830 decreases. Due to a frictional force generated as the locking units 750 and 850 are respectively stuck between the first body parts 710 and 810 and the second body parts 730 and 830, a locking state is established, in which a relative movement between the first body parts 710 and 810 and the second body parts 730 and 830 is prevented.
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In this state, as it is in the unlocking stat in which the first body parts 710 and 810 and the second body parts 730 and 830 of the fifth locking apparatus 700 and the sixth the locking apparatus 800 are capable of moving relative to each other, while a user holds the handle part 50 and the finger ring part 40, the user may control a pitch motion around the pitch axis as a rotation center and a yaw motion around the yaw axis as a rotation center.
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The second lever part 70 is detachably coupled to the handle part 50 in a hook method, and the hook part 71 may be formed in one end portion of the second lever part 70.
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The second lever part 70 may extend in one direction with respect to the rotation center and then may be bent downward (based on
Accordingly, while the first lever part 60 is coupled to the handle part 50, when a user rotates the first lever part 60 to be separated from the handle part 50 around the rotation axis L1 of the first lever part 60 as a rotation center. In this state, through a simple operation of pushing a certain bent part of the second lever part 70 with a finger, the second lever part 70 may be released from the handle part 50 and the first lever part 60 may be separated from the handle part 50.
In detail, as the second lever part 70 rotates relative to the first lever part 60 to allow the hook part 71 of the second lever part 70 to be released from the catch step part 52, the first lever part 60 is detached from the handle part 50 due to elastic resilience of a lever spring 65 connected to the first lever part 60, and thus the first lever part 60 may be away from the handle part 50.
The lever spring 65 of the surgical instrument 2 provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment may have a coil shape and elastic resilience to rotate around the rotation axis L1 of the first lever part 60 as a center axis in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
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As the first wire 81 moves in the first direction, the pushing plate main body 771 to which the first wire 81 is coupled is moved in the “unlocking direction”. Accordingly, the unlocking unit 760 is moved, and thus the locking unit 750 is moved in the direction in which the interval between the first body part 710 and the second body part 730 increases, as described above, and an unlocking state is established, in which a relative movement between the first body part 710 and the second body part 730 in both directions is possible.
The “unlocking direction” denotes a positive Y-axis direction from the left to the right with respect to the X-Z plane (based on
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As the second wire 85 moves in the second direction, the pushing plate main body 871 to which the second wire 85 is coupled is moved in the “locking direction”. Accordingly, the unlocking unit 860 is moved, and the locking unit 850 is moved in the direction in which the interval between the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 decreases, to be stuck between the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 (in detail, a contact part (not shown) is moved by an elastic member (not shown) of the locking unit 850 to be stuck between the first body part 810 and the second body part 830). Accordingly, a locking state, in which a relative movement the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 in both directions is prevented, is established by a frictional force generated therefrom.
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As the second wire 85 moves in the first direction, the pushing plate main body 871 to which the second wire 85 is coupled is moved in the “unlocking direction”. Accordingly, as the unlocking unit 860 is moved, as described above, the locking unit 850 is moved in a direction in which the interval between the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 increases, and thus an unlocking state is established, in which a relative movement between the first body part 810 and the second body part 830 in both directions is possible.
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The first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 may include a flexible material, that is, an elastic material. Accordingly, when a user manipulates the surgical instrument 2 while holding the handle part 50, the shapes of the first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 are flexibly deformed inside the surgical instrument 2, thereby providing movement paths by stably accommodating the first and second wires 81 and 85.
One sides of the first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 are coupled to the base parts 780 and 880 of the fifth locking apparatus 700 and the sixth the locking apparatus 800, respectively, and the other side opposite to each of the one sides is coupled to the tube holder part 90 disposed inside the handle part 50.
The first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 may be fixed at two or more positions by the base part 780 and the tube holder part 90. Accordingly, the first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 provide a movement path of the first and second wires 81 and 85 and prevent the first and second wires 81 and 85 from being twisted during moving.
Additionally, during a pitch motion or a yaw motion of the surgical instrument 2, even when the handle part 50 moves, a distance between both fixing portions of the first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 is maintained constant. Accordingly, a distance between the first and second wires 81 and 85 accommodated in the first and second wire tubes 82 and 86 may be maintained constant, and thus the first and second wires 81 and 85 may be prevented from moving in the first direction or in the second direction. In other words, only when the first lever part 60 rotates, the first and second wires 81 and 85 are moved.
In the surgical instrument 2 provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment, a drive force of the finger ring part 40 may be transmitted to the end tool 10 so that the operation of the end tool 10 is intuitively manipulated by using the handle part 50 or the finger ring part 40.
Furthermore, in the fifth locking apparatus 700 and the sixth locking apparatus 800 of the surgical instrument 2 according to another embodiment, due to a frictional force generated as the locking units 750 and 850 are respectively stuck between the first body parts 710 and 810 and the second body parts 730 and 830, the pitch motion or the yaw motion of the surgical instrument 2 is locked or unlocked, and thus manipulation convenience of the surgical instrument 2 in a surgical process may be improved.
In the fifth locking apparatus 700 and the sixth locking apparatus 800 of the surgical instrument 2 according to the embodiments, as the locking units 750 and 850, the unlocking units 760 and 860, the pushing plate parts 770 and 870, the base parts 780 and 880, guide members 790 and 890, and locking apparatus rotation axis parts 795 and 895 have the same structures, operational principles, and effects as those of the locking apparatus 600 according to another embodiment, detailed descriptions of redundant elements thereof are omitted.
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In the surgical instrument 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a pushing plate part 470 that is singular transmits power to the unlocking unit 460 of each of the first locking apparatus 400A and the second locking apparatus 400B, and thus a locking unit 450 is moved between the first body part 410 and the second body part 430 so that a locking or unlocking state of a pitch motion in both directions may be controlled. Furthermore, a pushing plate part 570 transmits power to an unlocking unit 560 of each of the third locking apparatus 500A and the fourth locking apparatus 500B, and thus a locking unit 550 is moved between a first body part 510 and a second body part 530 so that a locking or unlocking state of a yaw motion in both directions may be controlled.
Meanwhile, referring to
Furthermore, in the surgical instrument 2 provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment, the pushing plate part 870 that is singular in the sixth locking apparatus 800 that is singular transmits power to the unlocking unit 860 so that the locking unit 850 is moved between the first body part 810 and the second body part 830, and thus a relative movement of the second body part 830 with respect to the first body part 810, that is, a locking or unlocking state of a yaw motion in both directions may be controlled.
In the surgical instrument 2 provided with the locking apparatus according to another embodiment, in a locking apparatus that is singular, particularly the fifth locking apparatus 700, the locking unit 750 is capable of locking or unlocking a relative movement of the second body part 730 with respect to the first body part 710 in both directions, and in the sixth locking apparatus 800, the locking unit 850 is capable of locking or unlocking a relative movement of the second body part 830 with respect to the first body part 810 in both directions.
Accordingly, compared with the surgical instrument 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which to prevent relative movements of the second body parts 430A, 430B, 530A, and 530B with respect to the first body parts 410A, 410B, 510A, and 510B in one direction, particularly the locking apparatuses 400A and 400B to control a pitch motion and the locking apparatuses 500A and 500B to control a yaw motion are respectively combined, ease of use may be improved by reducing the entire volume of the surgical instrument 2, and the locking apparatuses 700 and 800 that are singular are used to control a pitch motion and a yaw motion, respectively, thereby improving ease of use.
Furthermore, the locking apparatuses 700 and 800 described in the specification are capable of at least one of pitch, yaw, and actuation operations of the above-described surgical instrument, and are not limited only to an apparatus capable of joint movement.
Furthermore, the surgical instrument 2 where the locking apparatuses 700 and 800 according to the embodiment are installed, may adopt not only the locking apparatuses 700 and 800 according to the embodiments, but also the locking apparatus 100 according to an embodiment and the locking apparatus 200 according to another embodiment, which are locked or unlocking in a linear motion.
The surgical instruments 1 and 2 according to the embodiments of the disclosure where the above-described locking apparatus of a being-stuck type is advantageous in that the manipulation part capable of rotating or moving within a certain range may be immediately switched to a locking state regardless of the position of the manipulation part.
Furthermore, in the case of the surgical instrument 2 according to an embodiment of the disclosure, by moving only a single pushing plate part, the rotation of the second body part of each of the locking apparatuses 700 and 800 with respect to the first body part in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions, that is, setting and release of a locking state in both directions of a pitch motion and a yaw motion, is possible.
The particular implementations shown and described herein are illustrative examples of the disclosure and are not intended to otherwise limit the scope of the disclosure in any way. For the sake of brevity, conventional electronics, control systems, software development and other functional aspects of the systems may not be described in detail. Furthermore, the connecting lines, or connectors shown in the various figures presented are intended to represent functional relationships and/or physical or logical couplings between the various elements. It should be noted that many alternative or additional functional relationships, physical connections or logical connections may be present in a practical device. Moreover, no item or component is essential to the practice of the disclosure unless the element is specifically described as “essential” or “critical.”
The use of the terms “a” and “an” and “the” and similar referents in the context of describing the disclosure (especially in the context of the following claims) are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural. Furthermore, recitation of ranges of values herein are merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range, unless otherwise indicated herein, and each separate value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. Also, the steps of all methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The disclosure is not limited to the described order of the steps. The use of any and all examples, or language (e.g., “such as”) provided herein, is intended merely to better illuminate the disclosure and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the disclosure unless otherwise claimed. Numerous modifications and adaptations will be readily apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
The embodiments of the disclosure can be written as computer programs and can be implemented in general-use digital computers that execute the programs using a computer readable recording medium. In this state, the medium may continuously store a program that can be executed by a computer, or may store a program for execution or download. Furthermore, the medium may be various recording devices or storing devices in which single or several hardware are combined, which it not limited to a medium that is directly accessed to a computer system and may be present over a network in a distribution manner. Examples of the medium include magnetic storage media such as floppy disks or hard disks, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs or DVDs, magneto-optical medium such as floptical disks, and Rom, RAM, flash memory, etc., which are configured to store program instructions. Furthermore, examples of other media may include application stores for distributing applications, sites for supplying or distributing other various software, and recording media or storing media managed at servers.
Although exemplary embodiments of the disclosure have been described for illustrative purposes, those having ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the disclosure will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure as disclosed in the accompanying claims. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the disclosure are intended to illustrate the scope of the technical idea of the disclosure, and the scope of the technical idea of the disclosure is not limited by the embodiments.
The protection scope of the disclosure should be construed based on the accompanying claims, and it should be construed that all of the technical ideas included within the scope equivalent to the claims are included within the right scope of the disclosure.
The disclosure provides a locking apparatus. Furthermore, the embodiments of the disclosure may be applied to industrially used locking mechanisms for preventing a relative movement between members different from each other.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2018-0174237 | Dec 2018 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/KR2019/014117 | 10/25/2019 | WO | 00 |
