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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Medrobotics Corporation, Raynham, MA (US);
Gabriel Johnston, Raynham, MA (US);
Tom Calef, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ian Darisse, Brighton, MA (US);
Brett Zubiate, Duxbury, MA (US);
R. Maxwell Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US);
Reynaldo Lewis, New Bedford, MA (US);
Adam Rienzie, Brockton, MA (US);
Justin S. Runyon, Buzzards Bay, MA (US);
Anthony Ray Halloway, Jr., Boston, MA (US);
Corey Anthony Malaquais, Ludlow, MA (US);
Medrobotics Corporation, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for performing a medical procedure includes a first multi-linked mechanism comprising a plurality of first links, and a lumen therethrough; a second multi-linked mechanism comprising a plurality of second links, wherein the second multi-linked mechanism is constructed and arranged to be slidingly received by the lumen of the first multi-linked mechanism, and where the first and second multi-linked mechanisms are configured to transition from a limp state to a rigid state; a set of proximal cables comprising at least a first proximal cable and a second proximal cable; a set of distal cables comprising at least a first distal cable and a second distal cable; a cable control assembly constructed and arranged to independently apply tension to the first proximal cable and the second proximal cable; a cable interface assembly constructed and arranged to receive a force from at least the first proximal cable and the second proximal cable and to transmit a corresponding force to at least the first distal cable and the second distal cable. The force applied to the first distal cable and the second distal cable steers at least one of the first multi-linked mechanism or the second multi-linked mechanism.