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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Jaime S. Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Scott Berggren, Oakland, CA (US);
Jaime S. Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Scott Berggren, Oakland, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a novel shape-transferring cannula system, which provides access to tortuous and unsupported paths. The shape-transferring cannula system and method enables exploration of hollow body structures, and creates a custom-contoured access port for insertion and removal of, for example, diagnostic, surgical, or interventional instruments to and from a site within the body to which the physician does not have line-of-sight access.
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