The invention provides surgical or diagnostic tools and associated methods that offer improved user control for operating remotely within regions of the body, and improved methods of assembling the tools. In some embodiments these tools include a proximally-located actuator for the operation of a distal...http://www.google.de/patents/US7862554?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7862554 - Articulating tool with improved tension member system
Articulating tool with improved tension member system