U.S. Patent 7686826 was awarded to Cambridge Endoscopic Devices, Inc. on 2010-03-30 and describes a “Surgical instrument.” This patent has been cited 367 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

The surgical instrument includes a distal tool, a rigid or flexible elongated shaft that supports the distal tool, and a proximal handle or control member, where the tool and the handle are coupled to the respective distal and proximal ends of the elongated shaft via distal and proximal bendable motion members. Actuation means extends between said distal and proximal members whereby any deflection of said control handle with respect to said elongated instrument shaft causes a corresponding bending of said distal motion member for control of said working member. A manually rotatable member is arranged adjacent to the control handle for manually rotating the instrument shaft and working member relative to the control handle. Link: U.S. Patent 7686826

This patent was originally filed on 2005-07-20 which gives it a processing time of 1714 days, compared to an average processing time of 1942 in the field. Cambridge Endoscopic Devices, Inc. has 18 total patents. The first named inventor is Woojin Lee of Hopkinton, MA. The assistant examiner was Eric Blatt.

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