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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tyler J. Morrissette, Niantic, CT (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device includes means for covering the proximal opening of a wound retractor. The means for covering includes means for introducing one or more instruments through the means for covering and means for illuminating a zone adjacent the wound retractor.