Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.

Alara, Inc.

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.

Intel Corporation

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Canon U.s.a., Inc.

Hewlett-packard Company

Edward P Donlon

Craig Tsuji

Robert B Hubler

Timothy B Hulford

Elie Eyram Ahovi

Michael R Knapp

Steven A Sundberg

Wesley Bryan Dong

Aaron J Rulison

Ivor T Knight

Deborah John Boles

Robert John Moti

Michael Slater

Andrew Fabans

Allen R Boronkay

Scott M Waters

Alain F Sadaka

Joseph R Rimsa

Bruce M Schena

Gregory William Dachs, Ii

William A Burbank

Donald Alden

Scott Harrington

Theodore W Rogers

Alan E Johnson

Louis Hlousek

Christopher R Mitchell

Donald J Schremp

Richard O Hilson

Gregory A Sprehn

Frank D Braun

Stephen J Blumenkranz

Mark Earl Froggatt

John Ryan Steger

Craig R Gerbi

Carol T Schembri

David W Bailey

Randall L Schlesinger

Samuel T Crews

Scot Randy Weinberger

Charles E Swinehart

Matthew D Rohr Daniel

Joseph P Fredrick

Troy K Adebar

Peling G Lee

Kenneth L Gong

Laurence R Shea

Liang Li

Yevgeny Kaplun

Lap Van Hoang

Tor C Anderson

Larry Russon

Andrew Crews

Randy Whittal

Karnarnadakala D Krishnanand

Christopher M Major

Bram Lambrecht

Bruce Michael Schena

Gregory W Dachs Ii

William B Burbank

Medical device

An instrument sterile adapter couples a surgical instrument and an instrument carriage. The instrument sterile adapter includes an instrument plate that provides a first surface to receive the surgical instrument and a latch plate joined to the instrument plate. The latch plate includes a second surface to receive the instrument carriage and latch structures. Each latch structure has a carriage latch arm that extends away from the second surface of the latch plate and an instrument latch arm joined to the carriage latch arm. The instrument latch arm extends through the instrument plate and away from the first surface of the instrument plate. A connecting member flexibly connects the carriage latch arm and the instrument latch arm to a remainder of the latch plate. The connecting member may be perpendicular to the latch arms. The latch arms may engage fixed locking surfaces in the instrument carriage and the surgical instrument.

Latch to secure teleoperated surgical instrument to actuator

Systems and methods for minimally invasive computer-assisted telesurgery are described. For example, this disclosure describes computer-assisted teleoperated surgery instruments with cable-actuated joint mechanisms Some such joint mechanisms include linkages that maintain the joints in operable configurations without relying on cable tension to do so.

Computer-assisted teleoperated surgery systems and methods

An optical fiber cleaning assembly includes a cleaning tape, a first spool having the cleaning tape wound thereon, a second spool onto which the cleaning tape is drawn, a drive mechanism configured to move the cleaning tape from the first spool to the second spool, and one or more first connectors configured to mate with one or more connectors of a system, the system including a first optical fiber. The optical fiber cleaning assembly further includes one or more second connectors configured to mate with one or more optical fiber connectors of a device while the optical fiber cleaning assembly is attached to the system by the one or more first connectors, the device including a second optical fiber. The drive mechanism is configured to move the cleaning tape from the first spool to the second spool to wipe the face of the first or second optical fiber.

Systems and methods for optical fiber cleaning and interface particle reduction

A suction/irrigation medical device comprises a valve body having one or more conduits fluidically coupled thereto and a first channel extending through the valve body. The medical device also comprises a first valve plunger disposed along the first channel and configured to move along an axis to open and close the first channel. The first valve plunger has a first opening to permit a fluid to flow through the first channel. The medical device also comprises a second valve plunger disposed along the first channel and along a second channel to couple the second channel into the first channel when the second valve plunger is in a first position. The second valve plunger has a second opening that has at least one dimension that is greater than a corresponding dimension of the first opening of the first valve plunger.

Complex irrigation/suction flow path in a medical device

An apparatus includes a housing, a cable guide, a first cable, and a second cable. The housing is coupled to a shaft of a medical instrument. The cable guide is coupled to the housing, and defines a shaft opening into a passageway defined by the shaft. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are defined by the cable guide, with each of the first guide groove and the second guide groove being splayed outward from the shaft opening. The first cable is routed within the first guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the first guide groove. The second cable is routed within the second guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the second guide groove.

Splayed cable guide for a medical instrument

A suction/irrigation medical device valve system comprises a first valve plunger configured for insertion into a first valve plunger channel. The first valve plunger has a first latch member disposed at a distal end with a first sealing member and a first valve opening disposed proximally from the first latch member. The system also comprises a second valve plunger configured for insertion into a second valve plunger channel. The second valve plunger includes a second valve opening that is longer than the first valve opening. The system also comprises a valve body having the first and second valve plunger channels. The first and second valve plunger channels are configured to receive the first and second valve plungers, respectively.

The present invention provides novel methods and devices that employ microfluidic technology to generate molecular melt curves. In particular, the devices and methods in accordance with the invention are useful in providing for the analysis of PCR amplification products.

Method and apparatus for generating thermal melting curves in a microfluidic device

Medical device buttons assembly

Medical device button configuration

An instrument sterile adapter () couples a surgical instrument () and an instrument carriage (). The instrument sterile adapter () includes an instrument plate () that provides a first surface to receive the surgical instrument () and a latch plate () joined to the instrument plate (). The latch plate () includes a second surface to receive the instrument carriage () and latch structures. Each latch structure has a carriage latch arm () that extends away from the second surface of the latch plate () and an instrument latch arm () joined to the carriage latch arm (). The instrument latch arm () extends through the instrument plate () and away from the first surface of the instrument plate (). A connecting member () flexibly connects the carriage latch arm () and the instrument latch arm () to a remainder of the latch plate (). The connecting member () may be perpendicular to the latch arms (). The latch arms () may engage fixed locking surfaces in the instrument carriage () and the surgical instrument ().

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Edward P Donlon