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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anoop B. Kowshik, Saratoga, CA (US);
Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carolyn M Fenech, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter system comprises an elongate flexible catheter and a support structure mounted on the catheter. The support structure comprises a first alignment feature and a second alignment feature. The first alignment feature is configured to mate with a first sensor component and the second alignment feature configured to mate with a second sensor component. When the system further comprises a first sensor component mated with the first alignment feature and a second sensor component mated with the second alignment feature, the first sensor component is fixed relative to the second sensor component in at least one degree of freedom at the support structure by the first and second alignment features.