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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Charles Swinehart, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence Kerver, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Chris Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Charles Swinehart, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence Kerver, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Chris Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for inserting a non-metallic multi-strand braid through a coil tube. Techniques for bonding one end of a lead line to one end of a multi-strand non-metallic braid are provided. There are also embodiments of steerable instruments described having a plurality of hinged segments; a multi-strand non-metallic braid connected distally to one segment of the plurality of segments and proximally to an actuator; and a steering controller adapted to control the actuator to move the hinged segment using the multi-strand non-metallic braid.