Auris Health, Inc.

Willow Innovations, Inc.

Exploramed Nc7, Inc.

Leo Centeno

Enrique Romo

Jeffery B Alvarez

Brett Swope

William A Tolmasoff

Alex Forman

Kyung R Park

An instrument includes an elongate shaft, a set of pull wire lumens disposed within the elongate shaft, the set of pull wire lumens comprising first, second, third, and fourth pull wire lumens, and a set of pull wire segments comprising first, second, third, and fourth pull wire segments disposed within the first, second, third, and fourth pull wire lumens, respectively, each of the set of pull wire segments having a proximal portion that is configured to be manipulated by a robotic input.

Multiple-pull-wire robotic instrument articulation

An embodiment of the present invention provides for an elongated medical device with a hypotube backbone running through the device, and a spiral lumen spiraled around the backbone along the length of the backbone. The backbone may be formed from a nitinol alloy for increased bendability without compromising axial stiffness. The device may also incorporate a jacket around the hypotube and spiral lumen formed using either melting, molding, bonding, or casting. The spiral lumen may be configured to accommodate a variety of uses, including actuation members (e.g., pull wires), tools, and means for aspiration, irrigation, image capture, and illumination. Additionally, the present invention provides a method for constructing an elongated medical device with a hypotube backbone running through the device, and a spiral lumen spiraled around the backbone along the length of the backbone.

Tool and method for using surgical endoscope with spiral lumens

A hydraulic pumping system in accordance with embodiments comprises a breast interface operably coupled to an actuatable assembly by means of an actuatable assembly interface. The breast interface comprises a distal membrane coupled to a housing to form a fluid reservoir therebetween. The actuatable assembly interface comprises a proximal membrane. The distal and proximal membranes are fluidly coupled via a tube carrying a driving fluid. The actuatable assembly interface is configured to removably couple to the actuatable assembly, in order to operably couple the actuatable assembly to the breast interface. The actuatable assembly interface comprises a fluid shut off mechanism to reversibly shut off fluid communication between the breast interface and the actuatable assembly interface when the actuatable assembly interface is decoupled from the actuatable assembly.

Hydraulic pumping system for expression of breast milk

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