Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instrument flushing system
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Application No.: US16317222Application Date: 2017-06-22
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Publication No.: US11000345B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht , S. Christopher Anderson , Thomas G. Cooper
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2017/038689 WO 20170622
- International Announcement: WO2018/013314 WO 20180118
- Main IPC: A61B90/70
- IPC: A61B90/70 ; B08B9/032 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A medical instrument includes an instrument shaft with exit holes near a distal end of the shaft, a tool coupled to the distal end of the shaft, and a backend. The backend may include a mechanism that manipulates a drive element that extends through the shaft and couples to the tool, a fluid inlet, and a fluid channel assembly providing fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the proximal end of the shaft. Cleaning fluid is directed into the fluid inlet, through the fluid channel assembly, and into the shaft. A chassis or other structural piece of the backend may form part of the fluid channel assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190274781A1 INSTRUMENT FLUSHING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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