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Patent No.:

US 11278364 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2019

Surgical system entry guide

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Jeffrey D. Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Eugene F. Duval, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Robert E. Holop, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Paul E. Lilagan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Anthony K. McGrogan, San Jose, CA (US);

Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Jones Robb, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Richard G Louis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); F16F 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); H01F 5/02 (2006.01); H01F 5/04 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); G03B 5/02 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 46/23 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); B25J 15/04 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); F16F 1/121 (2013.01); H01F 5/02 (2013.01); H01F 5/04 (2013.01); H01F 27/2823 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H05K 1/18 (2013.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3447 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2034/306 (2016.02); A61B 2090/5025 (2016.02); G03B 5/02 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0015 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01); H01F 2005/027 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20305 (2015.01);
Abstract

An entry guide tube and cannula assembly, a surgical system including the assembly, and a method of surgical instrument insertion are provided. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a cannula having a proximal portion that operably couples to an accessory clamp of a manipulator arm, and a distal tubular member coupled to the proximal portion, the tubular member having an opening for passage of at least one instrument shaft. The assembly also includes an entry guide tube rotatably coupled to the proximal portion of the cannula, the entry guide tube including a plurality of channels for passage of a plurality of instrument shafts, wherein the entry guide tube is rotatably driven relative to the proximal portion of the cannula by rotation of at least one instrument shaft about a longitudinal axis of the entry guide tube.

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