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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anthony K. McGrogan, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US);
Paul E. Lilagan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Ikeda, Saratoga, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A rotating assistant port device including a circular elastomeric element, a sleeve coupled to the circular elastomeric element, a sleeve mount coupled to the sleeve opposite the circular elastomeric element, an outer hub removably attached to the sleeve mount, and an inner hub captured between the sleeve mount and the outer hub. The inner hub can include a cannula port. In some embodiments, the assistant port device can be utilized for skin retraction during single port teleoperated robotic surgery.