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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2022
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Bruce M. Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randal P. Goldberg, San Mateo, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a cannula seal are disclosed. In some embodiments, a cannula seal can include a base portion that engages with a cannula; and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion that slidebly engages with an instrument shaft such that an insertion frictional force between the seal portion and the instrument shaft for insertion of the instrument shaft is symmetrical and substantially equal with a retraction frictional force.
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