公开(公告)号：USD874657S1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US29648249

申请日：2018-05-18

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Designer： David W. Bailey ,  Robert B. Hubler ,  Timothy B. Hulford ,  Nicholas W. Oakley

公开(公告)号：US10551173B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US16506998

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt ,  Justin W. Klein ,  Dawn K. Gifford ,  Stephen T Kreger

IPC: G01B11/24 ,  G01L1/24 ,  G01B11/16 ,  G01M11/00

Abstract: A multi-core fiber includes multiple optical cores, and for each different core of a set of different cores of the multiple optical cores, a total change in optical length is detected. The total change in optical length represents an accumulation of all changes in optical length for multiple segments of that different core up to a point on the multi-core fiber. A difference is determined between the total changes in optical length for cores of the set of different cores. A twist parameter and/or a bend angle associated with the multi-core fiber at the point on the multi-core fiber is/are determined based on the difference.

公开(公告)号：US20200029948A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16523910

申请日：2019-07-26

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Serena H. Wong ,  Benjamin G. Cohn ,  Hans F. Valencia

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B17/34

Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive treatment of target tissue among one or more passageways include a flexible elongate device, a tool including a first tubular member, and an instrument to perform treatment on target tissue around the target location. The flexible elongate device includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The tool is configured for deployment within the lumen to a passageway exit site, puncturing a passageway wall at the passageway exit site, and deployment to a target location. The instrument is sized to be deployed within the tool. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further include an anchor configured to stabilize the tool. In some embodiments, the first tubular member is a first hollow sheath configured to be deployed past the distal end of the flexible elongate device to the passageway exit site.

公开(公告)号：US10545283B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US16099763

申请日：2017-04-26

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Mark E. Froggatt ,  Dawn K. Gifford ,  Jeffrey T. Lacroix ,  Patrick Roye ,  Alexander K. Sang

IPC: G02B6/02 ,  G01D5/353 ,  G01B11/16 ,  G01B21/04

Abstract: An optical fiber includes multiple optical cores configured in the fiber including a set of primary cores and an auxiliary core. An interferometric measurement system uses measurements from the multiple primary cores to predict a response from the auxiliary core. The predicted auxiliary core response is compared with the actual auxiliary core response to determine if they differ by more than a predetermined amount, in which case the measurements from the multiple primary cores may be deemed unreliable.

公开(公告)号：US10542868B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US15508923

申请日：2015-09-03

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Lucas S. Gordon ,  Randall L. Schlesinger

IPC: A61B1/12 ,  A61B1/015 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/05

Abstract: A medical instrument system comprises an imaging probe including a distal tip terminating at a first distal end of the imaging probe and a lens disposed at the first distal end. The imaging probe including a first sealing feature on an external surface of the imaging probe. The medical instrument also comprises an elongated medical instrument including a distal portion terminating at a second distal end and including a working channel configured to slidably receive the imaging probe. The working channel including a second sealing feature on a surface of the working channel. The first sealing feature and the second sealing feature are shaped and configured to contact one another to prevent the passage of fluid between the first and second sealing features.

公开(公告)号：US10537397B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US16234227

申请日：2018-12-27

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： David Q. Larkin ,  Vincent Duindam

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/00 ,  G01L5/22 ,  B25J18/06 ,  B25J13/02 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: A robotic surgical system comprising a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes an elongate, hollow shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a flexible section. The surgical instrument also includes a sensor apparatus comprising an electromagnetic sensor. The robotic surgical system also includes a force transmission mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and a processor communicatively coupled to at least the sensor apparatus. The processor is configured to receive sensor data from the sensor apparatus and to use the sensor data with mechanical property data for the surgical instrument and material property data for the surgical instrument to determine external force information for the surgical instrument.

公开(公告)号：US10537358B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US14250705

申请日：2014-04-11

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Anthony K. McGrogan ,  Jeffrey D. Brown ,  Thomas G. Cooper ,  Eugene F. Duval ,  Daniel H. Gomez ,  Robert E. Holop ,  Craig R. Ramstad

IPC: A61B17/34 ,  B32B3/12 ,  F16F1/12 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B46/10 ,  A61B34/00 ,  B25J15/04 ,  A61B46/23 ,  A61B50/00 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B17/02 ,  A61M13/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B90/50

Abstract: A sterile drape, a surgical system with the drape, and a draping method are provided. In one embodiment, a sterile drape includes a plurality of drape pockets, each of the drape pockets including an exterior surface to be adjacent a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure and an interior surface to be adjacent a non-sterile instrument manipulator coupled to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system. The drape further includes a plurality of flexible membranes at a distal face of each of the drape pockets for interfacing between outputs of an instrument manipulator and inputs of a respective surgical instrument, and a rotatable seal adapted to couple a proximal opening of each of the drape pockets to a rotatable element at a distal end of the manipulator arm.

公开(公告)号：US20200020249A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16584564

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Anthony M. Jarc ,  Joey Chau ,  Brian E. Miller

IPC: G09B23/28

Abstract: Implementations relate to medical simulations for medical procedure training. In some implementations, a system includes a simulation processing component including at least one processor and which generates a virtual environment using position signals that describe at least one of a position and a configuration of a physical surgical instrument relative to a physical surgical site. The simulation processing component updates the virtual environment according to changes in the position signals and according to control signals corresponding to inputs by a user of the system. The updating includes moving a virtual surgical instrument within the virtual environment, where an interaction of the virtual surgical instrument with a virtual surgical site is defined at least partly by a physical relationship between the physical surgical instrument and the physical surgical site. The simulation processing component outputs a representation of a simulation state signal indicative of a current state of the virtual environment.

公开(公告)号：US20200015917A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16470114

申请日：2017-12-14

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew CAVALIER ,  Brian LUPTAK ,  Gregory W. DACHS, II

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/32 ,  A61B34/00

Abstract: Implementations relate to actuated grips for a controller. In some implementations, a controller includes a central member, a grip member coupled to the central member and moveable in a grip degree of freedom, a shaft coupled to the grip member, and an actuator coupled to the shaft and operative to output an actuator force on the shaft. The actuator force causes a grip force to be applied via the shaft to the grip member in the grip degree of freedom.

公开(公告)号：US20200015658A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16577366

申请日：2019-09-20

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Christoph Matthias PISTOR ,  Joshua T. OEN

IPC: A61B1/005 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J18/06 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B1/055

Abstract: A flexible instrument comprises a first link and a second link that each comprise a first end, a second end, and a wall extending between the first end and the second end, the wall comprising an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface; an outer ear extending in a first axial direction away from the first end of the link; an inner bearing surface defined at the first end of the link, the inner bearing surface extending between the outer ear and the inner wall surface; an inner ear extending in a second axial direction away from the second end of the link; and an outer bearing surface defined at the second end of the wall, the inner bearing surface extending between the inner ear and the outer wall surface. The instrument further comprises at least one of a position sensor and an orientation sensor located along the wall of the instrument.