Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheath for surgical instrument
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Application No.: US14796525Application Date: 2015-07-10
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Publication No.: US10292776B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: William J. Park , S. Christopher Anderson , Thomas G. Cooper , Matthew R. Williams
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Jones Robb, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B18/00
- IPC: A61B18/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B46/13 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B46/10 ; A61B18/14
Abstract:
A method using a sheathed surgical apparatus includes equalizing a pressure differential between a surgical insufflation gas pressure and an initial pressure lower than the insufflation gas pressure. The insufflation gas pressure is external to a portion of a surgical apparatus upon which a sheath is disposed, and the initial pressure is within the surgical apparatus. The equalizing of the pressure differential occurs via permeation of insufflation gas through the sheath.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150313678A1 SHEATH FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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