公开(公告)号：US20230017321A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17808132

申请日：2022-06-22

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： JOHN C. ALEXANDER, JR. ,  RICHARD H. FEINS

IPC: G09B23/30 ,  C12N5/071 ,  G09B23/34

Abstract: A real-tissue surgical training system includes a base and a harvested porcine tissue cassette. A substrate is configured to be removably mounted to the base. Harvested porcine tissue is carried by the substrate and configured to simulate the oropharynx region of the human body and to receive a surgical tool therein for surgical training.

公开(公告)号：US20230011019A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17786379

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： TIMOTHY D. SOPER

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  A61B34/10 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06V10/24

Abstract: A system receives a first set of points corresponding to an anatomical feature. Each point in the first set of points represents a position in a first frame. The system receives a second set of points corresponding to the anatomical feature. Each point in the second set of points represents a position in a second frame. The system identifies a first subset of the first set of points and determines a first transformation to align the first subset of the first set of points with the second set of points. The first set of points is transformed based on the first transformation. The system identifies a second subset of the first set of points and determines a second transformation to align the first and second subsets of the first set of points with the second set of points. The first set of points are transformed based on the second transformation.

公开(公告)号：US11547507B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US16867393

申请日：2020-05-05

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Carolyn M. Fenech

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B10/06 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B34/30

Abstract: An apparatus for guiding an elongated flexible instrument, includes a first plurality of linkages forming a first side of a channel of a variable-length support assembly, a second plurality of linkages forming a second side of the channel, opposite the first side, a third plurality of linkages disposed between the first and second plurality of linkages and forming a third side of the channel, and a fourth plurality of linkages disposed between the first and second plurality of linkages and forming a fourth side of the channel, opposite the third side. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth pluralities of linkages are separable from each other to transition the variable-length support assembly from an elongated configuration to a compact configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20230000568A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17942777

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Tao Zhao ,  Wenyi Zhao ,  William C. Nowlin

IPC: A61B34/20 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/94

Abstract: A system may comprise a tool including at least one reference feature. a processor, and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the system to receive image data including an image of the tool and the at least one reference feature, determine a pose of the tool from the image data, and modify the image data to visually decrement a portion of the image data corresponding to the at least one reference feature.

公开(公告)号：US20220412778A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17899463

申请日：2022-08-30

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt ,  Dawn K. Gifford ,  Eric E. Sanborn ,  Alexander K. Sang

IPC: G01D5/353 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G02B6/02

Abstract: Example embodiments include an optical interrogation system with a sensing fiber having a single core, the single core having multiple light propagating modes. Interferometric apparatus probes the single core multimode sensing fiber over a range of predetermined wavelengths and detects measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core for each predetermined wavelength in the range. Data processing circuitry processes the measurement interferometric data associated with the multiple light propagating modes of the single core to determine one or more shape-sensing parameters of the sensing fiber from which the shape of the fiber in three dimensions can be determined.

公开(公告)号：US20220409270A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17565276

申请日：2021-12-29

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： JOHN B. ALLISON ,  Celina Escobedo ,  Jean-Luc Pageard ,  Brian Pedersen

IPC: A61B18/14

Abstract: Methods are provided for monitoring and controlling tissue ablation using RF energy delivered by an imaging ablation catheter under direct visualization, using the control and modulation of a set of ablation parameters based on direct optical imaging of the tissue surface via the imaging ablation catheter, where a set of optical image-derived parameters modulates the setting of a subset of Radio Frequency dosing parameters. The ablation dosing algorithms based on image-derived information can be implemented manually or in semi-automated or automated forms.

公开(公告)号：US11534232B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16492608

申请日：2018-03-08

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Robert C. Reid ,  Adam Ross ,  Michael Orton ,  Scott E. Manzo ,  Benjamin J. Schoettgen

IPC: A61B18/14 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B18/00

Abstract: An electrosurgical end effector for a surgical tool to perform teleoperated surgical operations. The electrosurgical end effector comprises a first end effector jaw; a second end effector jaw coupled to the first end effector jaw; and a coupling pin configured to rotatingly couple the first end effector jaw to the second end effector jaw so as to cooperatively rotate open and close about an axis of rotation. The electrosurgical end effector further comprises an actuation mechanism coupled to an end of the first end effector jaw to rotate the first end effector jaw about the coupling pin; an otomy feature coupled to the second end effector jaw; and a first electrical conductor to electrically couple the otomy feature to a generator. In one embodiment, the otomy feature is electrically activated by contact with a cam portion of the first end effector jaw, when opened beyond a predetermined jaw angle.

公开(公告)号：US11534079B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16333466

申请日：2017-10-11

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Brett Myers Page ,  Simon Peter DiMaio ,  Brandon Itkowitz ,  Goran Adrian Lynch ,  John Ryan Steger

IPC: A61B34/32 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B5/06 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: A medical puncture device system includes a puncture device, a sensor, and an indicator system. The puncture device is configured to create a puncture through patient tissue and into an internal patient cavity to enable a medical tool to be inserted through the puncture into the cavity. The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of motion of the puncture device through the tissue into the cavity. The indicator system is operable by a controller to produce human-perceptible feedback in response to the signal generated by the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20220395313A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-15

申请号：US17850333

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Lawrence KERVER ,  Harsukh RATIA ,  Craig GERBI

IPC: A61B18/14 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/00

Abstract: A method of assembling a surgical instrument comprising an end effector body and a retaining member includes inserting a distal end feature of a cable within a recess in the end effector body, the distal end feature extending radially outwardly from the cable. The method further includes positioning a retaining member over the recess in the end effector body to retain the distal end feature of the cable within the retaining member.

公开(公告)号：US20220395310A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-15

申请号：US17834898

申请日：2022-06-07

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Duane W. Marion ,  Andrew D. Rauch ,  Jignesh M. Shah

IPC: A61B18/12

Abstract: A method is provided to control delivery of heat to biological tissue comprising: imparting an RF electrical signal to the biological tissue electrically coupled between a first electrode and the second electrode; measuring frequency content of the RF electrical signal between the first electrode and the second electrode; and adjusting the RF electrical signal based upon the measured frequency content of the RF electrical signal.