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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Yong MA, Cheshire, CT (US);
Inventor:
Yong Ma, Cheshire, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 27/42 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/2203 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00411 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2019/223 (2013.01); A61B 2019/2211 (2013.01); A61B 2019/2223 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for transferring power includes a power transmitting unit for transmitting power and a power receiving unit for receiving power from the power transmitting unit. The power transmitting unit may be positioned outside a human body and the power receiving unit is located on an intrabody instrument adapted to be movable from the outside of the human body to inside the human body. The intrabody instrument may be a medical instrument connected to or incorporated within a robotic arm. The power transmitting unit may wirelessly transfer power to the power receiving unit in a continuous, non-interrupted manner.
Published as:
CA2732469A1; US2011217923A1; EP2365608A2; AU2011200718A1; JP2011183154A; CN102208835A; AU2011200718B2; EP2365608A3; US9107684B2; US2015326281A1; EP2365608B1; US9654183B2; US2017245950A1; US10340985B2; US2019326955A1;