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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00085 (2013.01); A61B 1/00089 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/3137 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/6882 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue imaging assembly includes a steerable sheath and a steerable catheter deployable within the sheath. The tissue imaging assembly also includes an imaging hood at a distal end of the steerable catheter. The imaging hood is independently translatable with respect to the steerable sheath and the steerable catheter. The steerable catheter includes an imaging element and a lumen for delivering an elongate instrument out a distal region of the steerable catheter.