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US 10,517,639 B2Granted
Sealing multiple surgical instruments
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsBram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, William J Park
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Abstract
In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a door mechanism is provided. A door mechanism according to some embodiments of the present invention includes a door that includes a sealing part, an arm connected to the sealing part, and a pivot part connected to the arm, the door rotating around a pivot axis at the pivot part; and a lever, the lever engaging the door at the pivot part such that the lever opens the door when engaged but is not affected when the door is opened without the lever.
Claims16
A surgical access device comprising:
- a single access instrument guide in which a first instrument channel and a second instrument channel are defined;
- a seal having a first seal opening lip and a second seal opening lip, wherein the first seal opening lip defines a first seal opening, wherein the second seal opening lip defines a second seal opening, wherein the first seal opening is aligned with the first instrument channel and is sized and shaped to seal against a shaft of a first instrument extending through the first instrument channel, and wherein the second seal opening is aligned with the second instrument channel and is sized and shaped to seal against a shaft of a second instrument extending through the second instrument channel;
- a first door positioned and configured to seal against the first seal opening lip to seal the first seal opening on a condition that the shaft of the first instrument is not inserted through the first seal opening;
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- a second door positioned and configured to seal against the second seal opening lip to seal the second seal opening on a condition that the shaft of the second instrument is not inserted through the second seal opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.