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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Friend, San Diego, CA (US);
Gopesh Tilvawala, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0155 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/00151 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/0032 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61M 39/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00539 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61M 2039/0205 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0279 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hydraulically driven surgical apparatus may be a tube enclosing a first channel filled with a first fluid. Changing a fluid pressure in the first channel may trigger a deformation of the tube. The deformation of the tube may perform an action associated with a surgical procedure. Related methods for steering a hydraulically driven surgical apparatus are also provided.