公开(公告)号：US20220249193A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17731903

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Brandon D. Itkowitz ,  Simon P. DiMaio ,  Paul W. Mohr ,  Theodore W. Rogers

IPC: A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: A system comprises a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to display a surgical environment image. The surgical environment image includes a virtual control element for controlling a component of a surgical system. The virtual control element includes a real-time image of the component of the surgical system in the surgical environment image. The computer readable instructions also cause the system to display an image of a body part of a user used to interact with the virtual control element, receive a gesture of the body part of the user in a predetermined motion via a gesture based input device, and adjust a setting of the component of the surgical system based on the received gesture.

公开(公告)号：US20210386494A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17459120

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： John Ryan Steger ,  Brian M. Crews ,  Craig R. Gerbi ,  Tyler J. Morrissette ,  Margaret M. Nixon ,  Joseph P. Orban, III ,  Theodore W. Rogers ,  Alain Sadaka ,  Charles E. Swinehart ,  Michael Turner ,  Kerry S. Wang

IPC: A61B34/35

Abstract: A teleoperational system receives a movement command in response to movement of an input device, in response to determining an instrument is being controlled based on the movement of the input device, maps the movement command to a first movement of the instrument in an instrument frame using a first mapping, and in response to determining a tissue probe is being controlled based on the movement of the input device, maps the movement command to a second movement of the tissue probe in a tissue probe frame using a second mapping. The first mapping maps motion in an input direction in the input frame to an instrument direction in the instrument frame. The second mapping maps motion in the input direction to a tissue probe direction in the tissue probe frame. The instrument direction corresponding with the input direction. The tissue probe direction not corresponding with the input direction.

公开(公告)号：US20210228063A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17190936

申请日：2021-03-03

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Theodore W. Rogers ,  David Q. Larkin

IPC: A61B1/005 ,  A61B1/01 ,  A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37

Abstract: An apparatus for performing surgical procedures is disclosed including a flexible entry guide tube and a first steering device. The guide tube has one or more lumens extending along its length from a proximal end to substantially at or near a distal end. At least one of the one or more lumens is an instrument lumen with open ends to receive a flexible shaft of a surgical tool. The first steering device is insertable into the instrument lumen to shape the guide tube as it is inserted through an opening in a body and along a path towards a surgical site. The apparatus may further include a flexible locking device to couple to the flexible entry guide tube and selectively rigidize the guide tube to hold its shape. The guide tube may be steered by remote control with one or more actuators.

公开(公告)号：US20210077778A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17099837

申请日：2020-11-17

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Theodore W. Rogers

IPC: A61M25/00 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B1/00

Abstract: A stiffening assembly comprises an outer tube including a longitudinal axis, an inner tube extending along the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of laminar elements between the outer tube and the inner tube and separate from the outer tube and the inner tube. The stiffening assembly is adjustable between a flexible state in which each laminar element of the plurality of laminar elements is movable and a stiffened state in which an applied vacuum clamps the plurality of laminar elements between the outer and inner tubes such that a transfer of forces between the plurality of laminar elements stiffens the stiffening assembly. At least one laminar element of the plurality of laminar elements has a different thickness than at least another laminar element of the plurality of laminar elements.

公开(公告)号：US20210038340A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16757746

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Brandon D. Itkowitz ,  Simon P. DiMaio ,  Paul W. Mohr ,  Theodore W. Rogers

IPC: A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: A method comprises displaying a surgical environment image. The surgical environment image includes a virtual control element for controlling a component of a surgical system. The method also includes displaying an image of a body part of a user used to interact with the virtual control element. The method also comprises receiving a user input from the user with a gesture based input device while the body part interacts with the virtual control element. The method also comprises adjusting a setting of the component of the surgical system based on the received user input.

公开(公告)号：US20200246105A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16757089

申请日：2018-10-17

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Marc Levesque ,  Brian D. Hoffman ,  Theodore W. Rogers

IPC: A61B90/35 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/04

Abstract: A cannula can include a body with proximal and distal portions and a lumen extending through the body, the distal portion configured for insertion into a patient anatomy. An energy interface can be positioned in the proximal portion, and a light emitting device can be coupled to the energy interface and configured to emit light from the body. A system can include the cannula, a support structure, and an energy source. The support structure can include another energy interface that transfers energy to/from the energy interface. The energy source can be coupled to the cannula via the energy interfaces, where the light emitting device emits light from the body in response to energy received from the energy source via the energy interfaces. One or more cannulae can be used to illuminate the patient anatomy.

公开(公告)号：US10028791B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US15014513

申请日：2016-02-03

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Giuseppe M. Prisco ,  Theodore W. Rogers ,  Vincent Duindam ,  Myriam J. Curet ,  Catherine J. Mohr ,  Katherine D. Stoy

IPC: G01B11/24 ,  A61B34/30 ,  G01D5/353 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/20

Abstract: An apparatus includes a reference fixture. The reference fixture includes a joint, and a joint tracker to track motion of the joint. The apparatus also includes a surgical instrument. A tether is connected between the joint and the surgical instrument. A shape sensor extends from the reference fixture through the joint, through the tether, and into the surgical instrument. The shape sensor is substantially free of twist. The joint tracker measures the motion of the joint. Information from the shape sensor in combination with information from the joint tracker provides absolute three-dimensional information relative to the reference fixture, i.e., provides absolute three-dimensional information in a fixed world reference frame.

公开(公告)号：US09955996B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US14555417

申请日：2014-11-26

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Todd R. Solomon ,  Thomas G. Cooper ,  Eugene F. F. Duval ,  Nicola Diolaiti ,  Daniel H. Gomez ,  Robert E. Holop ,  Anthony K. McGrogan ,  Craig R. Ramstad ,  Theodore W. Rogers

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

CPC classification number: A61B17/3421 ,  A61B17/0218 ,  A61B17/3423 ,  A61B17/3474 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/70 ,  A61B46/10 ,  A61B46/23 ,  A61B50/00 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B2017/00477 ,  A61B2017/3445 ,  A61B2017/3447 ,  A61B2034/302 ,  A61B2034/306 ,  A61B2090/5025 ,  A61M13/003 ,  B25J15/04 ,  B32B3/12 ,  F16F1/121 ,  Y10T74/20305

Abstract: An instrument manipulator and a robotic surgical system including an instrument manipulator are provided. In one embodiment, an instrument manipulator includes a plurality of independent actuator drive modules, each of the plurality of actuator drive modules including an actuator output, wherein each of the actuator outputs are configured to independently actuate a corresponding actuator input of a surgical instrument without force input from another actuator output. The instrument manipulator further includes a frame housing the plurality of independent actuator drive modules, the frame including a distal end from which each of the actuator outputs distally protrude for engaging the corresponding actuator inputs of the surgical instrument.

公开(公告)号：US09931173B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US14983091

申请日：2015-12-29

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Giuseppe Maria Prisco ,  Craig R. Gerbi ,  Theodore W. Rogers ,  John Ryan Steger

IPC: A61B34/00 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B50/13 ,  A61B90/92 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B17/00

CPC classification number: A61B34/70 ,  A61B1/00149 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B17/3423 ,  A61B17/3431 ,  A61B17/3439 ,  A61B17/3474 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B34/73 ,  A61B34/76 ,  A61B50/13 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B90/92 ,  A61B2017/00477 ,  A61B2017/00526 ,  A61B2017/00845 ,  A61B2017/2904 ,  A61B2017/2905 ,  A61B2017/2929 ,  A61B2017/2936 ,  A61B2017/3419 ,  A61B2017/3429 ,  A61B2017/3441 ,  A61B2017/3445 ,  A61B2017/3447 ,  A61B2017/3454 ,  A61B2017/3466 ,  A61B2034/301 ,  A61B2034/305 ,  Y10S901/41

Abstract: A method may include coupling a proximal end of a first cannula to a first manipulator of a surgical system, the first manipulator being configured to remotely actuate movement of the first cannula, wherein the first cannula comprises a rigid portion disposed between the proximal end and a distal end of the first cannula, the rigid portion having a curved longitudinal axis, and coupling a proximal end of a second cannula to a second manipulator of a surgical system, the second manipulator being configured to remotely actuate movement of the second cannula, wherein the second cannula comprises a rigid portion disposed between the proximal end and a distal end of the second cannula, the rigid portion having a curved longitudinal axis. The coupling of the first and second cannulas to the respective first and second manipulators can further include positioning respective first and second centers of motion of the first and second cannulas proximate to each other, and positioning respective longitudinal axes of the first and second cannulas at the first and second centers of motion across one another.

公开(公告)号：US09814527B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US13898753

申请日：2013-05-21

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Theodore W. Rogers ,  John Ryan Steger ,  Charles E. Swinehart

IPC: A61B17/34 ,  A61B19/00 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/313 ,  A61M25/00 ,  A61M25/01 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/92 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/04 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B34/20

CPC classification number: A61B34/30 ,  A61B1/00149 ,  A61B1/00193 ,  A61B1/313 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B17/3423 ,  A61B17/3431 ,  A61B17/3439 ,  A61B17/3462 ,  A61B17/3474 ,  A61B17/3498 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B34/73 ,  A61B34/76 ,  A61B90/50 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B90/92 ,  A61B2017/00473 ,  A61B2017/00526 ,  A61B2017/00845 ,  A61B2017/0419 ,  A61B2017/2904 ,  A61B2017/2905 ,  A61B2017/2929 ,  A61B2017/2936 ,  A61B2017/2948 ,  A61B2017/3419 ,  A61B2017/3429 ,  A61B2017/3445 ,  A61B2017/3447 ,  A61B2017/3454 ,  A61B2017/3466 ,  A61B2034/2061 ,  A61B2034/301 ,  A61B2034/305 ,  A61M25/0041 ,  A61M25/0105

Abstract: A cannula mounting fixture may include a base, a first arm with a first cannula mounting bracket and a second arm with a second cannula mounting bracket. The first arm may be coupled to the base so that a first cannula mounted at the first mounting bracket is positioned within an opening in a patient's body. The second arm may be coupled to the base and includes a joint that allows a second cannula mounted at the second mounting bracket to be inserted through the opening. A cannula stabilizing fixture may include a base and a repositionable arm. The base may be configured to be securely and removably coupled to a first cannula that extends into an opening in a patient's body. The repositionable arm may include a first cannula holder coupled to the base and is configured to support a second cannula that extends into the opening.