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公开(公告)号:US11957427B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17330672
申请日:2021-05-26
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Carolyn M. Fenech , Daniel H. Gomez , Jason N. Stamatelaky
CPC classification number: A61B34/71 , A61B34/35 , B25J9/106 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0865
Abstract: A manipulator for a surgical instrument may comprise an instrument holder coupled with the surgical instrument and rotatable in a plane that passes through a remote center. The manipulator may also comprise a linkage assembly coupled to the instrument holder to limit motion of the instrument holder to rotation about an axis that intersects the remote center. The linkage assembly may comprise a first linkage arm comprising first and second pulleys. Each pulley may comprise first and second drive tracks which are substantially co-planar. The first linkage arm may also comprise a first drive member section extending between the first drive tracks of the pulleys and a second drive member section extending between the second drive tracks of the pulleys. The first drive member section may be wound around the first pulley in a first direction and the second drive member section may be wound around the first pulley in an opposite direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11471066B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-18
申请号:US16752064
申请日:2020-01-24
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Anoop B. Kowshik , Caitlin Q. Donhowe , Vincent Duindam , Carolyn M. Fenech
Abstract: A robotic system includes a manipulator assembly including at least one actuator, a control system including at least one processor configured to control the manipulator assembly, an elongate flexible catheter configured to be manipulated by the at least one actuator, and a support structure mounted on a proximal portion of the elongate flexible catheter. The support structure includes a first alignment feature and a second alignment feature. The first alignment feature is configured to mate with a first sensor such that the first sensor is maintained parallel to a longitudinal axis of the support structure. The second alignment feature is configured to mate with a second sensor such that the second sensor is maintained parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support structure and such that the second sensor is fixed relative to the first sensor in at least one degree of freedom.
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公开(公告)号:US10813629B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US15824534
申请日:2017-11-28
Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventor: Katherine D. Stoy , Giuseppe Maria Prisco , Samuel Kwok Wai Au , Carolyn M. Fenech
Abstract: A medical device comprises a tube including a wall with a plurality of slits oriented generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube and defined by opposing surfaces. A pair of force transmission elements is actuatable to alter the tube between a flexible state and a stiffened state. A first force transmission element of the pair is coupled to an opposite side of the tube from the second force transmission element of the pair. The surgical device also includes a plurality of routing members coupled to the wall of the tube and configured to receive and route the force transmission elements along a length of the tube while permitting the length of the tube to flex and compress. Equal tension forces applied to the pair of force transmission elements compress the tube to create the stiffened state by deforming regions of the tube disposed between the plurality of slits.
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公开(公告)号:US20170347912A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-07
申请号:US15627099
申请日:2017-06-19
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Anoop B. Kowshik , Caitlin Q. Donhowe , Vincent Duindam , Carolyn M. Fenech
CPC classification number: A61B5/06 , A61B5/065 , A61B34/20 , A61B34/30 , A61B2034/2051 , A61B2034/2061 , A61B2034/301 , A61B2090/3614 , A61M25/0147 , A61M2025/0166
Abstract: A catheter system comprises an elongate flexible catheter and a support structure mounted on the catheter. The support structure comprises a first alignment feature and a second alignment feature. The system further comprises a first sensor component mated with the first alignment feature and a second sensor component mated with the second alignment feature. The first sensor component is fixed relative to the second sensor component in at least one degree of freedom at the support structure by the first alignment feature.
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公开(公告)号:US12127797B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US16735396
申请日:2020-01-06
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Carolyn M. Fenech , Vincent Duindam , Giuseppe Maria Prisco
CPC classification number: A61B34/20 , A61B5/062 , A61B34/10 , A61M25/0127 , A61M25/0147 , A61B2034/2051 , A61B2034/2061 , A61B2034/302
Abstract: A medical system may comprise a catheter that includes an elongate body and a main lumen extending longitudinally through the elongate body. The medical system may also comprise a vision probe that includes a tube extendable through the main lumen of the catheter and comprising a flexible body having an outermost wall and an innermost wall, the innermost wall defining a central lumen. The flexible body contains a plurality of channels formed within the flexible body of the tube and separated from the central lumen by the innermost wall. The plurality of channels includes oblong channels for irrigation and suction and auxiliary channels. The oblong channels have concentric arc shaped surfaces forming an arcuate channel cross-section. The auxiliary channels have a different shape than the one or more oblong channels. The vision probe also includes an imaging system and illumination fibers running through respective auxiliary channels in the tube.
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公开(公告)号:US20240299110A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-12
申请号:US18665049
申请日:2024-05-15
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Anoop B. Kowshik , Stephen J. Blumenkranz , Carolyn M. Fenech
CPC classification number: A61B34/35 , A61B34/30 , A61B34/71 , A61B2017/003 , A61B2017/00309 , A61B2034/2051 , A61B2034/2061 , A61B2034/301 , A61M25/0138 , A61M25/0147 , A61M2025/0166
Abstract: A medical instrument comprises an elongate flexible body comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion comprising a steerable tube and a plurality of channels, a transition portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion, and an inner sheath extending at least within the proximal portion. The inner sheath comprises a plurality of conduits extending through a wall of the inner sheath, and a distal end of each conduit terminates at the transition portion. The medical instrument further comprises at least one tendon extending from the proximal portion into the distal portion of the elongate flexible body. In the proximal portion, the tendon extends through at least one conduit of the plurality of conduits. In the distal portion, the tendon extends within at least one channel of the plurality of channels.
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公开(公告)号:US11998176B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US17562431
申请日:2021-12-27
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
CPC classification number: A61B1/126 , A61B1/00006 , A61B1/00009 , A61B1/00091 , A61B1/015 , A61B17/00234 , A61M1/85 , A61M3/0279 , A61M13/003 , A61B1/00154 , A61B34/30 , A61M2202/0225
Abstract: An elongate flexible instrument includes an elongate flexible instrument, an image capture instrument, and at least one heat transfer element. The elongate flexible instrument defines an internal channel. The internal channel is configured to receive a fluid from a fluid source. The image capture instrument is disposed within the internal channel in a distal portion of the elongate flexible instrument. The at least one heat transfer element is configured to transfer heat from the image capture instrument to the fluid.
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公开(公告)号:US20220168054A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-02
申请号:US17675687
申请日:2022-02-18
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Carolyn M. Fenech , Eleadin Castaneda , Vincent Duindam
Abstract: An apparatus for guiding a flexible instrument comprises an elongated support assembly having a longitudinal axis. The elongated support assembly is adapted to laterally receive into engagement and longitudinally support an elongated flexible instrument.
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公开(公告)号:US20200261175A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16867393
申请日:2020-05-05
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Carolyn M. Fenech
Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus for guiding an elongated flexible instrument, the apparatus comprising a variable-length support assembly adapted to maintain a length of the elongated flexible instrument in a fixed configuration relative to the variable-length support assembly as the variable-length support assembly is moved along a longitudinal axis. The variable-length support assembly includes a plurality of linkages connected in series along the longitudinal axis, and the variable-length support assembly has a compact configuration and an expanded configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US10568539B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-25
申请号:US16028062
申请日:2018-07-05
Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Inventor: Anoop B. Kowshik , Caitlin Q. Donhowe , Vincent Duindam , Carolyn M. Fenech
Abstract: A catheter system includes an elongate flexible catheter and a support structure mounted on a proximal portion of the elongate flexible catheter. The support structure includes a first alignment feature configured to mate with a first sensor such that the first sensor is maintained parallel to a longitudinal axis of the support structure, and a second alignment feature configured to mate with a second sensor such that the second sensor is maintained parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support structure and such that the second sensor is fixed relative to the first sensor in at least one degree of freedom.
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