Invention Application
- Patent Title: CANNULA SEAL ASSEMBLY
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Application No.: US15126968Application Date: 2015-03-17
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Publication No.: US20170095269A1Publication Date: 2017-04-06
- Inventor: Robert C Reid , Justin Krom , Tyler J Morrissette , Joseph P Orban , William A Burbank , David DeTroy
- 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/US2015/020887 WO 20150317
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B17/02

Abstract:
Gas-tight seal assemblies for use during minimally invasive surgery include various aspects. A wiper seal includes a sealing portion and a surrounding flex portion. Upper and lower faces of the sealing portions are angled with reference to an inserted instrument, the upper face's angle being more acute with reference to the instrument's shaft than the lower face's angle. The flex portion is corrugated, support ribs are in one or more corrugation grooves, and the support ribs allow the groove to easily collapse but resist the groove widening. The support ribs also prevent the sealing portion from inverting. An instrument insertion guide is positioned over the sealing portion and moves laterally with the sealing portion. A latch piece removably secures the seal assembly to a cannula. An anti-inversion piece prevents the wiper seal from inverting when an instrument is withdrawn. An assembly may include various combinations of the seal assembly, a cannula, a surgical instrument, an obturator, an endoscope, and a teleoperated medical device. The seal assembly may rotate within a cannula. The seal assembly may be used during manual or teleoperated surgery.
Public/Granted literature
- US10463395B2 Cannula seal assembly Public/Granted day:2019-11-05
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