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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Activ Surgical, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Activ Surgical, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic suture knot tying system includes a first robotic arm, a second robotic arm, a suturing device including a suturing end effector operatively coupled to the first robotic arm, and a suture handling device operatively coupled to the second robotic arm. The system also includes a control system operatively coupled to the first robotic arm, the second robotic arm, the suturing device, and the suture handling device and configured to control operation thereof to cooperatively perform a suture knot tying procedure on a patient.