公开(公告)号：US20250040926A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18800806

申请日：2024-08-12

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Thomas D. Egan

IPC: A61B17/06 ,  A61B17/04 ,  B29C65/34

Abstract: A device for positioning in the body of an animal, the device comprising a first portion and a second portion that may be positioned in contact with one other, the first portion and the second portion each comprising a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material, such that when the device is positioned in the body of an animal and electric current flows from the first portion to the second portion, heat is generated by electrical resistance at the point of contact between the first portion and the second portion so as to melt regions of the first portion and the second portion, and when the electric current is thereafter terminated, the melted regions of the first portion and the second portion re-solidify so that a weld is formed between the first portion and the second portion.

公开(公告)号：US12213662B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US17429486

申请日：2020-02-07

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Thomas D. Egan

IPC: A61B17/04 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A device for positioning in the body of an animal, the device comprising a first portion and a second portion that may be positioned in contact with one other, the first portion and the second portion each comprising a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material, such that when the device is positioned in the body of an animal and electric current flows from the first portion to the second portion, heat is generated by electrical resistance at the point of contact between the first portion and the second portion so as to melt regions of the first portion and the second portion, and when the electric current is thereafter terminated, the melted regions of the first portion and the second portion re-solidify so that a weld is formed between the first portion and the second portion.

公开(公告)号：US12114853B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17429490

申请日：2021-08-09

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Thomas D. Egan

IPC: A61B17/06 ,  A61B17/04 ,  B29C65/34

CPC classification number: A61B17/06166 ,  A61B17/0401 ,  A61B17/0469 ,  B29C65/3468 ,  A61B2017/0409 ,  A61B2017/0619

Abstract: A device for positioning in the body of an animal, the device comprising a first portion and a second portion that may be positioned in contact with one other, the first portion and the second portion each comprising a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material, such that when the device is positioned in the body of an animal and electric current flows from the first portion to the second portion, heat is generated by electrical resistance at the point of contact between the first portion and the second portion so as to melt regions of the first portion and the second portion, and when the electric current is thereafter terminated, the melted regions of the first portion and the second portion re-solidify so that a weld is formed between the first portion and the second portion.