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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph A Kemp, San Jose, CA (US);
Federico Barbagli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph R. Callol, San Mateo, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lucas S. Gordon, Mountain View, CA (US);
Randall L. Schlesinger, San Mateo, CA (US);
Samuel B. Schorr, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Worth B. Walters, Campbell, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling fluid delivery to a medical instrument comprises releasing, from a reservoir of a known size and having fluid at a volume and a first fluid pressure, a released fluid volume of the fluid to the medical instrument. The method also comprises measuring a vented fluid volume and determining a discharged fluid volume through the medical instrument based on the released fluid volume and the vented fluid volume.