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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); B25J 9/10 (2013.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02);
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.


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