Covidien LP

X9, Inc.

Sean Casley

Russell Pribanic

Pablo Acosta

Jason T Iceman

Renen Bassik

Alok Agrawal

Eric Taylor

Gregory Lanier

Earl Bright

Jonathan Podmore

Brock Kopp

Jason Iceman

Systems and methods for delivering needles or catheters within target tissue including an apparatus that includes or a method involving, structure configured for placing a needle, a catheter or a cannula to provide vascular access. In one or more approaches, a vascular access device or system is provided for hemodialysis.

Vascular access device and methods

A medical system includes a robotic arm, a surgical cart, a setup arm, and an alignment unit. The setup arm is mounted to the surgical cart and is configured to operatively couple to the robotic arm. The alignment unit is operatively coupled to the setup arm and configured to determine the orientation of the robotic arm relative to a representative coordinate system. A method of aligning a robotic arm with a representative coordinate system includes projecting an alignment pattern from an alignment unit onto a horizontal surface such as the floor, patient, or representative coordinate system, wherein the alignment unit is operatively coupled to a setup arm mounted to a surgical cart. A user is then prompted to manipulate the alignment pattern by adjusting the alignment unit. An input indicating that adjustments to the alignment unit are complete is then received. The method further includes determining an orientation of the alignment pattern relative to representative coordinate system a representative coordinate system, and determining an orientation of a robotic arm, operatively coupled to the setup arm, based on the determined orientation of the alignment pattern.

System and method for aligning a surgical robotic arm

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Branford, CT, United States of America

Sean Casley