Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Articulable medical devices having flexible wire routing
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Application No.: US17045679Application Date: 2019-04-09
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Publication No.: US11992287B2Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: Grant Duque , Lawrence Kerver , David I. Moreira Ridsdale , Harsukhdeep Singh Ratia , Joseph P. Orban, III , Zhou Ye
- 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/US2019/026581 2019.04.09
- International Announcement: WO2019/199827A 2019.10.17
- Date entered country: 2020-10-06
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B34/30

Abstract:
An articulable medical device includes a link, a transfer member, a tool member, and a non-drive wire. The tool member has a base portion movably coupled to the transfer member, and a contact portion configured to engage a target tissue. The transfer member is rotatably coupled to the link to rotate with the tool member relative to the link from a first orientation to a second orientation. The non-drive wire has a first end portion coupled to an energy source, a second end portion coupled to the tool member contact portion, and a central portion between the first and second end portions that includes a transition portion disposed within a cavity defined within the base portion of the tool member, a distal portion of the link, or the transfer member, which has a compact first configuration in the first orientation and an expanded second configuration in the second orientation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210022819A1 ARTICULABLE MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING FLEXIBLE WIRE ROUTING Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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