公开(公告)号：US20240081915A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18243773

申请日：2023-09-08

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Andrey Polonsky ,  David W. Bailey ,  Adam K. Begley ,  Joseph D. Bogusky ,  Dominique D. Brichard ,  Lucas S. Gordon ,  Tajalli Shoghi Ghalehshahi

IPC: A61B34/20 ,  G01R33/07

CPC classification number: A61B34/20 ,  G01R33/072 ,  A61B2034/2051 ,  A61B2034/2072 ,  A61B2034/2074

Abstract: A medical system may include an elongated flexible body including a channel extending through the elongated flexible body. The elongated flexible body includes an articulable portion extending along at least a portion of a length of the elongated flexible body. The medical system may include an instrument configured to be received in the channel of the elongated flexible body, a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field within the channel, and a magnetic field sensor configured to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator.