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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Calci Pisa, IT;
Massimiliano Simi, Leghorn, IT;
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A stylet comprises a flexible body and a steerable portion fixedly coupled to the flexible body. The steerable portion includes a bend-resistive tip and a bendable section. The bendable section includes a plurality of articulable segments, and each articulable segment of the plurality of articulable segments is linked by a corresponding actuation cable of a plurality of actuation cables. The plurality of actuation cables extend through the flexible body of the stylet and terminate in the steerable portion of the stylet. The stylet further comprises a sensor element extending through the flexible body. The stylet is movable within a lumen of an elongate instrument between a retracted condition in which the steerable portion is retracted within the elongate instrument and an extended configuration in which the steerable portion at least partially extends from the elongate instrument.