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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);

Paul J. Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);

John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US);

Brian J. Intoccia, Nashua, NH (US);

Naroun Suon, Lawrence, MA (US);

William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);

Paul J. Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);

John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US);

Brian J. Intoccia, Nashua, NH (US);

Naroun Suon, Lawrence, MA (US);

William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 19/22 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 10/06 (2013.01); A61B 19/201 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00287 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00331 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00362 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2906 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3447 (2013.01); A61B 2019/2242 (2013.01); A61B 2019/4857 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for facilitating control of a tool or tools. The systems can allow a user to control multiple degrees of freedom. One such system allows a user to control multiple degrees of freedom of two tools simultaneously. Another such system allows a user to control multiple degrees of freedom with a single hand. Frames and rails for supporting and/or constraining movement of a tool or tools are also described herein.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Weitzner, Barry. (2016). Direct drive endoscopy systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 9345462). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9345462

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