Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical instrument shaft with embedded optical fiber
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Application No.: US16192315Application Date: 2018-11-15
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Publication No.: US10595947B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: John Ryan Steger
- 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: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G02B6/06
- IPC: G02B6/06 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/37
Abstract:
A surgical instrument shaft is provided that includes a hollow tube formed of a base material and including an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface; reinforcing glass material is embedded between the inner surface and outer wall surface; an optical fiber is embedded within the base material between the inner wall surface and the outer wall surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190151036A1 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SHAFT WITH EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBER Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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