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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2024
Applicant:

Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Andrew O. Crews, Maineville, OH (US);

James A. Vandewalle, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02);
Abstract

A robotic surgical tool that includes a plate inside of a drive housing. The drive housing is divided into an upper portion and lower portion by the plate. Extending from the drive housing is an elongate shaft. The robotic surgical tool also includes an injection port that passes a cleaning fluid into the drive housing. Inside the drive housing there is a diverter adjacent to the injection port. The diverter has a ramp which can direct fluid from the injection port to the upper portion of the drive housing.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Crews, Andrew. (2026). Flushing improvements for robotic surgical tool cleaning (U.S. Patent No. 12605220). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12605220

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