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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
Imperial College Innovations Limited, London, GB;
Timo Joric Oude-Vrielink, London, GB;
Fernando Basilio Avila Rencoret, London, GB;
George Mylonas, London, GB;
IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
A medical apparatus comprises an instrument channel arranged to be inserted into the body of a patient to enable a medical instrument to be inserted through the instrument channel into the body of the patient. It further comprises at least one support structure arranged to be located around the body of the patient, a plurality of guide ports each arranged to be inserted into the body of the patient, a plurality of control linkages each of which is at least partly supported on the at least one support structure, and a plurality of control actuators. Each of the control linkages may be arranged to extend through one of the guide ports, to be connected to the medical instrument, and to be moved by a respective one of the control actuators thereby to manipulate the medical instrument within the body of the patient.
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