Invention Publication
- Patent Title: ROBOTIC SYSTEMS FOR USE THROUGH A NATURAL ORIFICE AND SUTURING WITHIN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
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Application No.: US18515150Application Date: 2023-11-20
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Publication No.: US20240164768A1Publication Date: 2024-05-23
- Inventor: John Mims , Luis Amador, JR. , Jason Mehta , Thomas Neudeck , Michael Fries , Vladimir Mitelberg
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B34/20

Abstract:
Flexible robotic systems are provided for guidance and to facilitate reliable suturing within the gastrointestinal tract. Such robotic systems provide assistance, assurance, and/or validation to compensate for the level of skill and experience of the operator, and to expedite completion of bariatric procedures approached from within the stomach.
Public/Granted literature
- US2550470A Pressure sensitive record material Public/Granted day:1951-04-24
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