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Patent No.:

US 12551092 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2022

Medical system with multiple operating modes for steering a medical instrument through linked body passages

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);

Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Calci Pisa, IT;

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Haynes & Boone, LLP.

Primary Examiner:

Michael J Carey

Assistant Examiner:

Pamela F Wu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/009 (2022.02); A61B 1/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02);
Abstract

A controller operates in different operating modes to control movement of a distal tip of a medical instrument when inserting and retracting the medical instrument through linked body passages. When inserting the medical instrument, the controller normally operates in an automatic navigation mode unless manually overridden to operate in a manual mode. When retracting the medical instrument, the controller normally operates in a zero-force mode to allow the distal tip to freely move so that it may comply with the shape of the passages as the medical instrument is being retracted through the linked body unless manually overridden to operate in a manual mode.

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Duindam, Vincent. (2026). Medical system with multiple operating modes for steering a medical instrument through linked body passages (U.S. Patent No. 12551092). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12551092

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