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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Serena H. Wong, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.12); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1823 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1861 (2013.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.02);
Abstract
An antenna system comprises an elongate flexible member and an optical fiber extending within the elongate flexible member. The system also comprises an energy conversion device optically coupled to a distal end of the optical fiber. The energy conversion device is operable to convert an optical signal received from the optical fiber to an electrical signal. The system also includes an antenna body coupled to the energy conversion device and powered by the electrical signal from the energy conversion device.