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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alan W. Petersen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bryan E. Blair, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrey Polonsky, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H01F 17/04 (2006.01); H01F 17/06 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); H01F 17/00 (2006.01); H01F 41/07 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00126 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00114 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); H01F 17/04 (2013.01); H01F 17/062 (2013.01); H01F 27/2823 (2013.01); H01F 2017/0093 (2013.01); H01F 41/07 (2016.01);
Abstract
A method of operating an imaging system includes reducing common-mode current induced on a cable connected between an imaging system and an endoscope by utilizing a common-mode choke between the cable and a circuit within the endoscope, the common-mode choke being mounted within a body of the endoscope.