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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrey Polonsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David W. Bailey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adam K. Begley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph D. Bogusky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dominique D. Brichard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lucas S. Gordon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tajalli Shoghi Ghalehshahi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical system may include an elongated flexible body including a channel extending through the elongated flexible body. The elongated flexible body includes an articulable portion extending along at least a portion of a length of the elongated flexible body. The medical system may include an instrument configured to be received in the channel of the elongated flexible body, a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field within the channel, and a magnetic field sensor configured to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator.