1-27. (canceled)
28. A method for a performing a uniportal endoscopic surgical procedure on a target tissue using an endoscopic surgical device,
wherein said endoscopic surgical device comprises:
(a) a housing having a proximate end and a distal end;
(b) a slotted clear cannula attached to said distal end of said housing, said slotted clear cannula comprises a cannula body having a proximate end and a distal end, and a slot extending from said proximate end of said cannula body to the proximity of said distal end of said cannula body, wherein said proximate end of said cannula body is attached to said distal end of said housing;
(c) a revolver assembly located within said housing, comprising:
a slide lock having a proximate end, a distal end and two notches at said distal end;
a scraper;
a blade assembly; and
a circular revolver body comprising a selector switch;
wherein said scraper and said blade reside at said two notches of said slide lock in a pre-deployment position and wherein said selector switch allows selection of said scraper or said blade for deployment; and
(d) a tube assembly having a proximate end and a distal end, said distal end of said tube assembly is located within said housing and extends through said revolver, said tube assembly is capable of entering said slotted clear cannula from said proximate end of said clear cannula, and
Wherein said method comprises the steps of:
establishing an entry portal in said subject;
inserting into said entry portal said cannula of said endoscopic surgical device;
extending said cannula through said entry portal to said target tissue;
advancing an endoscope into said cannula visualize a target tissue; and
advancing said blade into said cannula until a desired cut is made on said target tissue.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein said establishing an entry portal comprises making an incision.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein said desired cut is division of said target tissue.
31. The method of claim 28, further comprising:
advancing said scraper into said cannula to remove tenosynovium.
32. The method of claim 28, wherein the uniportal endoscopic surgical procedure is selected from the group consisting of trigger finger release, carpal tunnel release, cubital tunnel release, plantar fascia release, lateral release for patella realignment, release of the extensor tendons, release of the posterior or other compartments of the leg, and forearm fascial release.
33. The method of claim 28, wherein the target tissue is selected from the group consisting of the A1 pulley, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel and Guyon’s tunnel.
34. The method of claim 28, wherein said distal end of said cannula body is closed.
35. The method of claim 34, wherein said distal end of said cannula body is tapered.
36. The method of claim 28, wherein said housing further comprises a stabilizing ring that mounts into said proximate end of said housing.
37. The method of claim 28, wherein the endoscopic surgical device further comprises a rotary clip that prevents said scraper and said blade from sliding when in undeployed positions.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein said rotary clip comprises a tab that engages with an inside surface of said housing and an opening that allows deployment of said scraper or said blade.
39. The method of claim 28, wherein said circular revolver body comprises a hooked tab that engages with said slide lock.
40. The method of claim 28, wherein said slide lock comprises a tab located between said two notches at said distal end.
41. The method of claim 40, wherein said slide lock further comprises one or more retaining tabs that hold a rotary clip.
42. The method of claim 28, wherein said slide lock comprises a pair of wings that engage with said circular revolver body.
43. The method of claim 42, wherein said slide lock further comprises a disc at said proximate end of said slide lock.
44. The method of claim 28, wherein said tube assembly comprises a tool selector at said distal end of said tube assembly.
45. The method of claim 28, wherein said blade assembly comprises a pusher base and a cutting blade, wherein said pusher base comprises a notch that is capable of engaging with a tool selector on said tube assembly and wherein said cutting blade comprises a tab that embeds into said pusher base.
46. The method of claim 45, wherein said cutting blade comprises an upper cutting surface that forms an upper angle with a bottom surface of said cutting blade.
47. The method of claim 46, wherein said cutting blade further comprises a lower cutting surface that forms a lower angle with a bottom surface of said cutting blade.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A safety system for operating at least one electrically actuated locking apparatus of a door of a motor vehicle comprising:
a crash sensor adapted to sense an accident event, and
a pre-crash sensor adapted to recognize a possible imminent accident event,
wherein the pre-crash sensor, upon recognition of a possible imminent accident event, actuates a central locking unit in such a way that the locking apparatus of the door is bolted for a first specified interval of time,
wherein, when the crash sensor senses the accident event within the first specified interval of time, the locking apparatus remains bolted for a second specified interval of time, which has such a length that it includes an entire temporal sequence of the accident event, and is subsequently unbolted, and
wherein the first specified interval of time has a length such that the occurrence of the possible accident event falls in the first specified interval of time.
2. The safety system according to claim 1, wherein the first specified interval of time can be adjusted as a function of traffic-relevant data recorded by the pre-crash sensor.
3. The safety system according to claim 1, wherein the second specified interval of time can be adjusted as a function of sensor values recorded by the crash sensor.
4. The safety system according to claim 1, wherein, when the crash sensor does not sense any accident event, the locking apparatus is unbolted upon expiration of the first specified interval of time.
5. The safety system according to claim 1, wherein the locking apparatus cannot be opened mechanically from the outside during the first specified interval of time.
6. The safety system according to claim 1, wherein the locking apparatus cannot be opened mechanically from the outside during the second specified interval of time.
7. The safety system according to claim 1, wherein the door of the motor vehicle is a back hatch or back door of the motor vehicle.
8. The safety system according to claim 2, wherein the pre-crash sensor uses at least one of driving state magnitudes, environment data, and evaluated driver activities as the traffic-relevant data.
9. A safety system for operating at least one electrically actuated locking apparatus of a door of a motor vehicle, in which evaluation based on at least one of a driving state and input from an environment sensor unit, which allows inference of an imminent accident event, leads to a bolting of the locking apparatus, wherein the locking apparatus cannot be opened mechanically from outside of the motor vehicle for a first specified interval of time after bolting thereof, and wherein the locking apparatus remains bolted for a second specified interval of time when an actual accident event is sensed.
10. The safety system according to claim 9, wherein the second specified interval of time entirely encompasses the duration of the actual accident event.
11. The safety system according to claim 10, wherein the locking apparatus is unbolted upon expiration of the second specified interval of time.