Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steerable flexible needle with embedded shape sensing
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Application No.: US13751462Application Date: 2013-01-28
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Publication No.: US09636040B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Vincent Duindam , Giuseppe Maria Prisco , David Q. Larkin , Simon P. DiMaio , Dorin Panescu
- 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
- Main IPC: A61B5/06
- IPC: A61B5/06 ; A61B17/3209 ; A61B10/02 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B10/04 ; A61B34/10 ; A61B34/20

Abstract:
A surgical system includes a flexible steerable needle and a shape sensor for measuring the shape of the needle. The surgical system can be manual (e.g., laparoscopic), robotic, or any combination of the two. By directly measuring the shape of the needle, complex and potentially inaccurate modeling of the needle to determine trajectory and insertion depth can be avoided in favor of much more robust direct measurement and modeling of needle shape and/or pose.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130204124A1 STEERABLE FLEXIBLE NEEDLE WITH EMBEDDED SHAPE SENSING Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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