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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.

Patent No.:

US 11950869 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2018

System and method for providing on-demand functionality during a medical procedure

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Andrew J. Hazelton, San Carlos, CA (US);

Kayla Keifer Anderson, Campbell, CA (US);

John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Haynes & Boone, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Anh Tuan T Nguyen

Assistant Examiner:

Shankar Raj Ghimire

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2034/741 (2016.02); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3735 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 90/57 (2016.02); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01);
Abstract

A system for providing on-demand functionality during a medical procedure includes an instrument, an accessory, and a mounting device attached to one or more of the instrument and the accessory. The instrument includes an instrument body and an end effector. The end effector providing a first functionality. The accessory providing a second functionality. The mounting device removably couples the accessory to the instrument to augment the first functionality with the second functionality. In one example, the end effector includes jaws to provide a surgical functionality, and the first accessory includes a camera to provide a complementary monitoring functionality. In another example, the mounting device includes a mechanical mechanism and/or a magnetic mechanism for removably coupling the accessory to the instrument.

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