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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Christopher A. Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel T. Wallace, Redwood City, CA (US);
Frederick H. Moll, Woodside, CA (US);
Dean F. Hoornaert, Mountain View, CA (US);
David J. Rosa, San Jose, CA (US);
John G. Freund, Redwood City, CA (US);
John W. Hill, Nevada City, CA (US);
Christopher A. Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel T. Wallace, Redwood City, CA (US);
Frederick H. Moll, Woodside, CA (US);
Dean F. Hoornaert, Mountain View, CA (US);
David J. Rosa, San Jose, CA (US);
John G. Freund, Redwood City, CA (US);
John W. Hill, Nevada City, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. The accessories can be introduced into the surgical site by a dedicated accessory introducer, or can be supported on the body of a surgical tool inserted into the surgical site and be manipulated using another surgical tool in the surgical site. The accessory introducer can be resiliently biased to bias the accessories toward a predetermined position in the surgical site.