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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carolyn M. Fenech, San Jose, CA (US);
Eleadin Castaneda, San Jose, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A guiding apparatus comprises a support assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first plurality of linkages and a second plurality of linkages. The first plurality of linkages includes a first channel formation and the second plurality of linkages includes a second channel formation. The support assembly has a coupled configuration with a proximal end and a distal end in which the first plurality of linkages is coupled to the second plurality of linkages with the first and second channel formations arranged to form a continuous channel through the support assembly. The continuous channel has an opening sized to receive an elongated flexible instrument.
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