公开(公告)号：US20090131821A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-21

申请号：US11942919

申请日：2007-11-20

申请人： Trevor W.V. Speeg ,  Raj G. Raghavendran ,  Patrick A. Mescher ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Wells D. Haberstich ,  Robert F. Weikel, JR.

发明人： Trevor W.V. Speeg ,  Raj G. Raghavendran ,  Patrick A. Mescher ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Wells D. Haberstich ,  Robert F. Weikel, JR.

IPC分类号： A61B10/02

CPC分类号： A61B10/0275 ,  A61B10/0283 ,  A61B34/25 ,  A61B2010/0208 ,  A61B2010/0225 ,  A61B2017/00199 ,  A61B2017/00398 ,  A61B2017/0046 ,  A61B2217/005 ,  A61M1/0023 ,  A61M2205/502

摘要： A biopsy system includes a vacuum control module, a cannula with a transverse opening, a cutter within the cannula, and a rotatable tissue sample holder. The vacuum control module includes a speaker, a vacuum source, and a graphical user interface for controlling the biopsy system. The graphical user interface includes a display and capacitive switches that serve as buttons. The graphical user interface is operable to perform, e.g., the following functions: varying the position of the cutter relative to the transverse opening, activating a view sample mode, resetting the position of the rotatable tissue sample holder, activating a maintenance vacuum pulse mode, varying the level of vacuum provided by the source of vacuum, varying the level of volume of sounds emitted by the speaker, selectively placing the biopsy system in a standby mode, and selectively shutting the biopsy system down.

摘要翻译： 活检系统包括真空控制模块，具有横向开口的套管，套管内的切割器以及可旋转的组织样本保持器。 真空控制模块包括扬声器，真空源和用于控制活检系统的图形用户界面。 图形用户界面包括用作按钮的显示器和电容开关。 图形用户界面可操作以执行例如以下功能：改变切割器相对于横向开口的位置，启动视图采样模式，复位可旋转组织样本保持器的位置，启动维护真空脉冲模式， 改变由真空源提供的真空水平，改变扬声器发出的声音的音量，选择性地将活检系统置于待机模式，以及选择性地关闭活检系统。

公开(公告)号：US20090131820A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-21

申请号：US11942822

申请日：2007-11-20

申请人： Trevor W.V. Speeg ,  Raj Raghavendran ,  Patrick A. Mescher ,  Wells D. Haberstich ,  Robert F. Weikel, JR. ,  Gregory W. Johnson

发明人： Trevor W.V. Speeg ,  Raj Raghavendran ,  Patrick A. Mescher ,  Wells D. Haberstich ,  Robert F. Weikel, JR. ,  Gregory W. Johnson

IPC分类号： A61B10/02

CPC分类号： A61B10/0266 ,  A61B10/0275 ,  A61B10/0283 ,  A61B34/25 ,  A61B2010/0208 ,  A61B2010/0225 ,  A61B2017/00199 ,  A61B2017/00398 ,  A61B2017/0046

摘要： A vacuum control module for use in a biopsy system includes a user interface that presents buttons and icons to control operation of a biopsy device. The icons may indicate, e.g., the position of a cutter relative to a transverse opening, whether the system is in a view sample mode, that an adjacent button is operable to reset the position of a rotatable tissue sample holder, whether the system is in a maintenance vacuum pulse mode, the level of vacuum provided by a vacuum source, the volume level of a speaker, that an adjacent button is operable to place the system in a standby mode, and that an adjacent button is operable to shut down the system. The icons may each have an associated button. The icons may be allocated among separate pages (e.g., a probe page and a system page). Another button may be used to switch between pages.

摘要翻译： 用于活检系统的真空控制模块包括用户界面，其提供按钮和图标以控制活检装置的操作。 图标可以指示例如切割器相对于横向开口的位置，无论系统是否处于视图采样模式，相邻按钮可操作以重置可旋转组织样本保持器的位置，无论系统是否在 维护真空脉冲模式，由真空源提供的真空水平，扬声器的体积水平，相邻按钮可操作以将系统置于待机模式，并且相邻按钮可操作以关闭系统 。 这些图标可以各自具有相关联的按钮。 图标可以在单独的页面（例如，探针页面和系统页面）中分配。 另一个按钮可用于在页面之间切换。

公开(公告)号：US09198714B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-01

申请号：US13539096

申请日：2012-06-29

申请人： Barry C. Worrell ,  Geoffrey S. Strobl ,  Gregory A. Trees ,  Jonathan T. Batross ,  Nicholas G. Molitor ,  Kristen T. Shoger ,  David K. Norvell ,  Michael J. Andreyko ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Shawn C. Snyder

发明人： Barry C. Worrell ,  Geoffrey S. Strobl ,  Gregory A. Trees ,  Jonathan T. Batross ,  Nicholas G. Molitor ,  Kristen T. Shoger ,  David K. Norvell ,  Michael J. Andreyko ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Shawn C. Snyder

IPC分类号： A61B19/00 ,  A61B18/14 ,  A61B17/32 ,  A61B18/12 ,  A61B18/00

CPC分类号： A61B17/320092 ,  A61B18/12 ,  A61B18/1442 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/74 ,  A61B34/76 ,  A61B34/77 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B2018/00303

摘要： Various embodiments of surgical robot control systems are disclosed. In one example embodiment, the surgical robot control system comprises a housing. A controller is located within the housing and is coupled to a socket. The socket receives a handheld surgical user interface therein to control a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument is connected to the surgical robot and comprises an end effector and a mechanical interface to manipulate the end effector. The mechanical interface is coupled to the controller. At least one sensor is coupled to the controller and the socket to convert movement of the handheld surgical user interface into electrical signals corresponding to the movement of the surgical instrument. At least one feedback device is coupled to the controller to provide feedback to a user. The feedback is associated with a predetermined function of the surgical instrument.

摘要翻译： 公开了外科手术机器人控制系统的各种实施例。 在一个示例性实施例中，手术机器人控制系统包括壳体。 控制器位于壳体内并且联接到插座。 插座在其中接收手持式手术用户界面以控制手术器械。 手术器械连接到手术机器人，并且包括端部执行器和用于操纵端部执行器的机械接口。 机械接口耦合到控制器。 至少一个传感器耦合到控制器和插座，以将手持式手术用户界面的移动转换为对应于手术器械的运动的电信号。 至少一个反馈装置耦合到控制器以向用户提供反馈。 反馈与外科器械的预定功能相关联。

公开(公告)号：US09149324B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-06

申请号：US12832345

申请日：2010-07-08

申请人： Zhifan F. Huang ,  David A. Witt ,  Raymond M. Banks ,  Timothy G. Dietz ,  Mary E. Mootoo ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Prasanna Malaviya ,  Richard W. Timm ,  John V. Hunt ,  Suzanne E. Thompson ,  Gavin M. Monson ,  Robert J. Laird ,  Omar J. Vakharia ,  Christopher J. Schall ,  Cory G. Kimball ,  Al Mirel ,  John F. Cummings ,  Andrew T. Beckman

发明人： Zhifan F. Huang ,  David A. Witt ,  Raymond M. Banks ,  Timothy G. Dietz ,  Mary E. Mootoo ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Prasanna Malaviya ,  Richard W. Timm ,  John V. Hunt ,  Suzanne E. Thompson ,  Gavin M. Monson ,  Robert J. Laird ,  Omar J. Vakharia ,  Christopher J. Schall ,  Cory G. Kimball ,  Al Mirel ,  John F. Cummings ,  Andrew T. Beckman

IPC分类号： A61B18/14 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B18/00

CPC分类号： A61B18/1445 ,  A61B2017/00084 ,  A61B2018/00601 ,  A61B2018/0063

摘要： An electrosurgical instrument can comprise a handle, a shaft, and an end effector, wherein the end effector can be rotatably coupled to the shaft by an articulation joint. The instrument can further comprise a drive member and the articulation joint can comprise flexible support members which can be configured to support the drive member. The instrument can further comprise supply wires electrically coupled to electrodes in the end effector and a wire tensioning device configured to prevent the supply wires from accumulating slack within the articulation joint. The drive member can comprise a plurality of flexible layers wherein some of the layers can be comprised of an electrically insulative material and other layers can be comprised of an electrically conductive material which is in electrical communication with a cutting member in the end effector and/or electrodes positioned within the end effector.

摘要翻译： 电外科器械可以包括手柄，轴和端部执行器，其中末端执行器可以通过铰接接头可旋转地联接到轴。 仪器还可以包括驱动构件，并且铰接接头可以包括可配置成支撑驱动构件的柔性支撑构件。 仪器还可以包括电耦合到末端执行器中的电极的电线，以及配置成防止供电线在铰接接头内累积松弛的电线张紧装置。 驱动构件可以包括多个柔性层，其中一些层可以由电绝缘材料构成，并且其它层可以由与末端执行器中的切割构件电连通的导电材料和/或 位于末端执行器内的电极。

公开(公告)号：US08790342B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-29

申请号：US12797252

申请日：2010-06-09

申请人： Foster B. Stulen ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Prasanna Malaviya ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Paul Guerra

发明人： Foster B. Stulen ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Prasanna Malaviya ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Paul Guerra

IPC分类号： A61B18/14 ,  A61B18/00

CPC分类号： A61B18/1445 ,  A61B2018/00077 ,  A61B2018/00083 ,  A61B2018/0063 ,  A61B2018/1455

摘要： A surgical instrument can comprise a handle, a first conductor, a second conductor, and an end effector. The end effector can comprise a first jaw, a second jaw, wherein the first jaw is movable relative to the second jaw in order to capture tissue intermediate the first jaw and the second jaw, a first electrode electrically coupled with the first conductor, and a second electrode electrically coupled with the second conductor, wherein the second electrode is comprised of a material configured to have a first electrical resistance when a first pressure is applied to the material, and wherein the material is configured to have a second electrical resistance when a second pressure is applied to the material. In various circumstances, the material can be configured such that, once the applied pressure has exceeded a switching pressure, the resistance of the material can switch from the first resistance to the second resistance.

摘要翻译： 手术器械可以包括手柄，第一导体，第二导​​体和末端执行器。 末端执行器可以包括第一钳口和第二钳口，其中第一钳口相对于第二钳口可移动，以便捕获第一钳夹和第二钳夹中间的组织，与第一导体电耦合的第一电极和 所述第二电极与所述第二导体电耦合，其中所述第二电极包括被配置为当向所述材料施加第一压力时具有第一电阻的材料，并且其中所述材料被配置为当第二电极具有第二电阻时， 对材料施加压力。 在各种情况下，材料可以被配置为使得一旦施加的压力超过开关压力，材料的电阻就可以从第一阻力转换到第二阻力。

公开(公告)号：US08709035B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US12758298

申请日：2010-04-12

申请人： Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Foster B. Stulen

发明人： Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Foster B. Stulen

IPC分类号： A61B17/00 ,  A61B18/14

CPC分类号： A61B17/3205 ,  A61B17/2804 ,  A61B18/1445 ,  A61B18/1447 ,  A61B18/1492 ,  A61B2017/2933 ,  A61B2018/1412 ,  A61B2018/145 ,  A61B2018/1455

摘要： A surgical instrument comprising, a shaft, and an end effector comprising first and second jaw members and a reciprocating member. The end effector may additionally comprise a first push rod member having a distally directed end pivotably coupled to the first jaw member and a proximally directed end pivotably coupled to the shaft at a first pivot point as well as a first linkage member having a distally directed end pivotably coupled to the first jaw member and a proximally directed end pivotably coupled to a second pivot point. In this way, distal motion of the reciprocating member may exert a force on the first and second jaw members causing the first and second jaw members to translate towards one another in a substantially parallel motion.

摘要翻译： 一种手术器械，包括轴，以及包括第一和第二钳口构件和往复运动构件的端部执行器。 端部执行器可以另外包括第一推杆构件，其具有可枢转地联接到第一钳口构件的远侧定向的端部，以及在第一枢转点可枢转地联接到所述轴的向近侧指向的端部以及具有远端指向的端部 可枢转地联接到第一钳口构件和可枢转地联接到第二枢转点的近端指向的端部。 以这种方式，往复构件的远端运动可以对第一和第二钳口构件施加力，导致第一和第二钳口构件以基本平行的运动彼此平移。

公开(公告)号：US08517931B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-27

申请号：US11944806

申请日：2007-11-26

申请人： Patrick J. Minnelli ,  Gregory W. Johnson

发明人： Patrick J. Minnelli ,  Gregory W. Johnson

IPC分类号： A61B1/32

CPC分类号： A61B17/0218 ,  A61B17/282 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B2017/00557 ,  A61B2017/00862 ,  A61B2017/0225

摘要： Methods and devices are provided for performing surgical procedures using tissue retractors. In general, a surgical retractor device is provided that includes a flexible fabric tissue retractor configured to support tissue. At least one grasping element can be coupled to a perimeter of the flexible fabric, and the grasping elements can be manipulated to couple the flexible fabric to a surgical port, e.g., a trocar, inserted through a body wall and extending into a body cavity. The grasping element can also be configured to move the flexible fabric and thereby move the tissue.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于使用组织牵开器执行外科手术的方法和装置。 通常，提供了一种外科牵开器装置，其包括构造成支撑组织的柔性织物组织牵缩器。 至少一个抓握元件可以联接到柔性织物的周边，并且可以操纵抓握元件以将柔性织物连接到穿过身体壁插入并延伸到体腔中的例如套管针的手术端口。 抓持元件还可以构造成移动柔性织物，从而移动组织。

公开(公告)号：USD676963S1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-26

申请号：US29398468

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： John V. Hunt ,  Cory G. Kimball ,  Gregory W. Johnson

设计人： John V. Hunt ,  Cory G. Kimball ,  Gregory W. Johnson

公开(公告)号：US20100193485A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-05

申请号：US12757842

申请日：2010-04-09

申请人： Boris Anukhin ,  Larry Baughman ,  Pamela A. Kramer-Brown ,  Neil Burkhart ,  Li Chen ,  Duane M. DeMore ,  Keif Fitzgerald ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Z. C. Lin ,  David Mackiewicz ,  Karim S. Osman ,  Randolf Von Oepen ,  William E. Webler, JR. ,  Travis R. Yribarren

发明人： Boris Anukhin ,  Larry Baughman ,  Pamela A. Kramer-Brown ,  Neil Burkhart ,  Li Chen ,  Duane M. DeMore ,  Keif Fitzgerald ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Z. C. Lin ,  David Mackiewicz ,  Karim S. Osman ,  Randolf Von Oepen ,  William E. Webler, JR. ,  Travis R. Yribarren

IPC分类号： B23K26/18

CPC分类号： B23K26/4005 ,  A61F2/07 ,  A61F2/91 ,  B23K26/16 ,  B23K26/38 ,  B23K26/40 ,  B23K26/402 ,  B23K2101/04 ,  B23K2101/06 ,  B23K2103/50

摘要： Methods for making devices include providing a tubular member to be formed into a device, placing a removable sacrificial block material in the lumen of the tubular member and laser cutting the tubular member. A doping material can be added to the melted portion of the tubular member to promote the formation of brittle slag. A fixture can be used to hold a cut workpiece in order to ream sacrificial material from the surface of the workpiece. Pressurized gas can be supplied to the inner lumen of the tubular member to cause slag to form on the outside surface, rather than the inner surface, of the tubular member. A tubular member made from nickel-titanium alloy can be tightly adhered to a sacrificial sleeve utilizing the phase changes associated with nickel-titanium. A rotating mandrel can be placed within the lumen of the tubular member during laser cutting. A mandrel which includes an enlarged diameter section causes the workpiece to expand slightly within its elastic deformation range to dislodge islands from the workpiece. Such a mandrel could be formed from a tubular member which has a central lumen that can be used to deliver a pressurized medium to “blast” islands from the workpiece.

摘要翻译： 制造装置的方法包括提供要形成装置的管状构件，将可移除的牺牲块材料放置在管状构件的内腔中并激光切割管状构件。 可以将掺杂材料添加到管状构件的熔融部分中以促进脆性炉渣的形成。 夹具可用于夹持切割的工件，以便从工件的表面获得牺牲材料。 加压气体可以供应到管状构件的内腔，以在管状构件的外表面而不是内表面上形成炉渣。 利用与镍 - 钛相关联的相变，由镍 - 钛合金制成的管状部件可以紧密地粘附到牺牲套管上。 在激光切割期间，旋转心轴可以放置在管状构件的内腔内。 包括扩大直径部分的心轴使得工件在其弹性变形范围内稍微膨胀以从工件移除岛。 这种心轴可以由管状构件形成，该管状构件具有可用于将加压介质输送到工件的“鼓风”岛的中心腔。

公开(公告)号：USD608669S1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-26

申请号：US29334953

申请日：2009-04-06

申请人： Warren R. Stevens ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Juhee Lee ,  Joshua C. Reeson

设计人： Warren R. Stevens ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Juhee Lee ,  Joshua C. Reeson