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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2023
Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventor:

Olesea Diaz-Chiosa, Naugatuck, CT (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02);
Abstract

A surgical robotic system includes a first robotic arm configured to hold a camera access port and an endoscopic camera inserted therethrough. The system also includes a plurality of secondary robotic arms each of which is configured to hold an instrument access port of a plurality of instrument access ports and a surgical instrument of a plurality of surgical instruments, each of which is configured to be inserted into one instrument access port of the plurality of instrument access ports. The system further includes a plurality of beacons. One beacon of the plurality of beacons is disposed on the camera access port and one beacon of the remaining plurality of beacons is disposed on one instrument access port of the plurality of instrument access ports. Each beacon of the plurality of beacons is configured to wirelessly communicate with each other. The system additionally includes a controller configured to determine a position of the endoscopic camera and the plurality of surgical instruments based on wireless communication between the beacons.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Diaz-Chiosa, Olesea. (2026). Real-time instrument position identification and tracking (U.S. Patent No. 12678238). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12678238

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