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公开(公告)号:US20190216447A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16243535
申请日:2019-01-09
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: David W. Bailey , Maxwell J. Bean , Larry L. Howell , Brian D. Jensen , Hannah Rose Lutz , Spencer P. Magleby , Brandon Scott Sargent
CPC classification number: A61B17/00234 , A61B1/3132 , A61B17/3421 , A61B2017/00336 , A61M25/0113 , A61M25/0116
Abstract: A deployable tube apparatus may include a spool and a flexible sheet coiled about the spool in a laterally unfurled condition. The flexible sheet may have a first lateral margin and a second lateral margin, and may be deployable from the laterally unfurled condition with the first and the second lateral margins spaced from each other to a deployed tubular condition where the first and the second lateral margins are coupled to each other to form an enclosed lumen. The deployable tube apparatus may provide lateral support to an elongated flexible instrument, such as a catheter. Methods of creating and using the deployable tube apparatus are described.
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公开(公告)号:US11596767B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US16243535
申请日:2019-01-09
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: David W. Bailey , Maxwell J. Bean , Larry L. Howell , Brian D. Jensen , Hannah Rose Lutz , Spencer P. Magleby , Brandon Scott Sargent
Abstract: A deployable tube apparatus may include a spool and a flexible sheet coiled about the spool in a laterally unfurled condition. The flexible sheet may have a first lateral margin and a second lateral margin, and may be deployable from the laterally unfurled condition with the first and the second lateral margins spaced from each other to a deployed tubular condition where the first and the second lateral margins are coupled to each other to form an enclosed lumen. The deployable tube apparatus may provide lateral support to an elongated flexible instrument, such as a catheter. Methods of creating and using the deployable tube apparatus are described.
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