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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Salim Dogan Sekercioglu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tor C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason K. Chan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Benjamin G. Cohn, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephan Vrudny, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cynthia Warman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical instrument includes a tool extender used to retain and move a tool relative to a flexible elongate device. The tool extender includes a slider that allows a user to move the tool relative to a flexible elongate device with one hand using a portion of the slider that is configured to be engaged and manipulated by the user's hand or fingers. A portion of the slider is attached to the tool shaft such that moving the slider moves the tool relative to the tool extender and to the flexible elongate device.