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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US);
Farid Tavakkolmoghaddam, Worcester, MA (US);
Zhanyue Zhao, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Anne Gu, Brighton, UA;
Avnish Sachar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher J. Nycz, Holden, MA (US);
Bryan Allen Clark, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Paris Marks Saint-Preux, Lowell, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical system for use with a surgical robot may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, an attachment mechanism including a fixture configured to receive the handle of the endoscope and a mounting structure configured to attach the fixture to the surgical robot, a motorized introducer apparatus spaced apart from the surgical robot and configured to translate the elongate shaft of the endoscope relative to a patient, and an input device configured to be operated using one hand only. The input device may include a plurality of tactile buttons operable using the one hand, and a joystick configured for operation by a thumb of the one hand. The input device may include a plurality of motion sensors configured to determine position and orientation of the input device in space.