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Patent No.:

US 12758358 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2024

Surgical cannulas and related systems and methods of identifying surgical cannulas

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brandon R. Garbus, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Allen C. Thompson, Los Altos, CA (US);

Justin Krom, Southington, CT (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Jones Burke, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Daniel St Cyr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 17/3476 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); G06K 7/084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.02);
Abstract

A cannula for insertion of a medical instrument includes a tube portion and an attachment portion coupled to the tube portion. One or more magnets are arranged at the attachment portion to encode identifying information of the cannula. The attachment portion comprises a plurality of encoding positions that each indicate a parameter of the cannula at least by presence or absence of one of the magnets at the respective encoding position.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Garbus, Brandon. (2026). Surgical cannulas and related systems and methods of identifying surgical cannulas (U.S. Patent No. 12758358). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12758358

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