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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony K McGrogan, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US);
Paul E. Lilagan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Ikeda, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/0281 (2013.01); A61B 2017/347 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3466 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of a rotating assistant port device are presented. The assistant port device can be utilized to provide for additional assistant instruments in single port robotic surgery. In some embodiments, the assistant port device can be utilized for skin retraction during single port teleoperated robotic surgery.