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Patent No.:

US 11058458 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2019

Catheter systems with imaging assemblies

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christian S. Eversull, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Stephen A. Leeflang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nicholas J. Mourlas, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Matthew J Kasztejna

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/00073 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 1/053 (2013.01); A61B 1/3137 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/057 (2013.01); A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 1/0587 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3488 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3614 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0177 (2013.01);
Abstract

A catheter system comprises an elongate catheter body including a distal end. The catheter system also comprises a cannulation lumen extending through the elongate catheter body and terminating at the distal end of the elongate catheter body. The catheter system also comprises a steering element extending through the elongate catheter body for steering the distal end of the elongate catheter body and an imaging element extending within the elongate catheter body. The imaging element is configured to obtain optical images of an area located distally of the distal end of the elongate catheter body.

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