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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Levita Magnetics International Corp., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
LEVITA MAGNETICS INTERNATIONAL CORP., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 34/73 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2931 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2934 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described here are methods, systems, and devices, useful for minimally invasive surgical procedures. The methods may include introducing a grasper through an opening into an abdominal cavity, grasping a portion of a left lobe of a liver with the grasper, rotating the grasper towards a control element located outside the abdominal cavity by applying a magnetic field to the grasper across a body wall, and moving the control element over a set of ribs such that the liver bends into a folded configuration.