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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Grant Duque, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence Kerver, San Jose, CA (US);
David I. Moreira Ridsdale, Saratoga, CA (US);
Harsukhdeep Singh Ratia, Foster City, CA (US);
Joseph P. Orban, III, Norwalk, CT (US);
Zhou Ye, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An articulable medical device includes a link, a transfer member, a tool member, and a non-drive wire. The tool member has a base portion movably coupled to the transfer member, and a contact portion configured to engage a target tissue. The transfer member is rotatably coupled to the link to rotate with the tool member relative to the link from a first orientation to a second orientation. The non-drive wire has a first end portion coupled to an energy source, a second end portion coupled to the tool member contact portion, and a central portion between the first and second end portions that includes a transition portion disposed within a cavity defined within the base portion of the tool member, a distal portion of the link, or the transfer member, which has a compact first configuration in the first orientation and an expanded second configuration in the second orientation.