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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jaime S. Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0058 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61M 25/0144 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 25/0158 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00305 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3433 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0058 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A selectively shapeable medical device comprises an elongate tube, an activation component operatively coupled to the elongate tube, and means for actuating the activation component. The activation component has a first state and a second state different from the first state. The activation component alters a stiffness of at least a portion of the tube coupled to the activation component in the first state and does not alter a stiffness of the portion of the tube in the second state.