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Patent No.:

US 12766300 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2023

Surgical port features with electrically conductive portions, related devices, and related methods

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Michael Hurst, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sam Crews, Palomar Park, CA (US);

Bryan E. Blair, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Jones Burke, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Eduardo C Robert

Assistant Examiner:

David C Comstock

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/0247 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3449 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3466 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61M 2039/0264 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0267 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0279 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of electrically grounding a medical instrument includes inserting a medical instrument through a channel of a surgical port extending from a first end of the surgical port to a second end of the surgical port and while the medical instrument is inserted through the channel, contacting the medical instrument with an electrically conductive material portion protruding into an interior of the channel and extending through a sidewall of the surgical port. Contact of the medical instrument with the electrically conductive material portion does not extend around an entire circumference of the medical instrument.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hurst, Michael. (2026). Surgical port features with electrically conductive portions, related devices, and related methods (U.S. Patent No. 12766300). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12766300

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