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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Applicants:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Ascension Texas, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Rylander, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Idelson, Austin, TX (US);
John Uecker, Austin, TX (US);
Assignees:
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
ASCENSION TEXAS, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/127 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for cleaning a surface of as elongated instrument held within a cavity. In particular embodiments of the device, a longitudinal wire member extends along an elongated instrument (e.g. a laparoscope) and a rotatable transverse member removes matter from a surface of the instrument (e.g. a lens).