- Patent Title: Pressure test port contained within a body of surgical instrument
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Application No.: US17936110Application Date: 2022-09-28
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Publication No.: US11883001B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: William Jason Culman , Jaime G. Blackstad , Peter M. Herzlinger , Willard Curtis Lomax
- 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: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B1/06 ; A61B1/005

Abstract:
A surgical apparatus includes a housing, a test port retainer, a pressure test chamber, and an image capture assembly. The housing includes a pressure test port. The test port retainer includes a test port retainer housing, a probe seal, and a liquid exclusion barrier. In one aspect, the test port retainer also includes a hydrophobic membrane mounted within the test port retainer housing. The pressure test chamber includes a manifold and a central tube. The first end of the central tube is affixed to the image capture assembly to form a pressure seal, and the second end of the central tube is coupled to the test port retainer so that the pressure test port communicates with the interior volume of the central tube through the test port retainer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230020532A1 PRESSURE TEST PORT CONTAINED WITHIN A BODY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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