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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew D. Rohr Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
David W. Bailey, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Christopher R. Carlson, Belmont, CA (US);
Matthew D. Inouye, Foster City, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The systems and methods of the present disclosure are for use in a medical procedure, in which a connection mechanism is provided with a first end connected to a medical system interface at a first joint and a second end connected to an anatomic orifice device at a second joint. The anatomic orifice device is fixedly coupled to a patient. A flexible portion is provided between the first and second ends, the flexible portion being able to provide flexibility in at least one degree of freedom in response to movement of the anatomic orifice device.