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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew J. Hazelton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Lucas S. Gordon, Mountain View, CA (US);
Candice Murray, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Randall L. Schlesinger, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00062 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/12 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging instrument comprises an elongate flexible shaft, a camera disposed at a distal end of the elongate flexible shaft, and a housing coupled to a proximal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The instrument also includes a light emitting diode (LED) within the housing and a heat dissipation system in thermal communication with the LED to transfer heat produced by the LED away from the housing.