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US 11,883,068 B2Granted
Surgical robotic access system
AssigneeApplied Medical Resources Corporation
InventorsAtal C. Patel, Jeremy J. Albrecht
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Abstract
The surgical robotic access system provides access for robotic instruments and/or actuators including the introduction, operation and withdrawal of such robotic manipulators into a body cavity without permitting the escape of pressurized fluid or gas. The surgical robotic access system also provides a multi-faceted range of movement without touching or effecting pressure on the opening in the patient's body cavity.
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A surgical robotic access system providing robotic manipulator access into a patient's body, the surgical robotic access system comprising:
- a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal;
- a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within the patient's body;
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- a robotic insertion tube comprising an outer access connector and an inner access connector, wherein the outer access connector is removably coupled to a robotic sleeve and the inner access connector is embedded in the flexible seal of the sealing cap, wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen extending through the outer access connector and the inner access connector and the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen through which a surgical robotic manipulator would be insertable therethrough thereby inserting through the flexible seal covering the portion of the lumen,
- wherein the flexible seal has a cavity and a portion disposed around and surrounding the cavity, the inner access connector being at least partially embedded in the flexible seal in an area associated with the cavity and the portion of the flexible seal being disposed surrounding the inner access connector, and
- wherein the outer access connector further comprises a compressible seal configured to provide a seal between the robotic sleeve and the robotic insertion tube, the compressible seal being disposed on an outer surface of the outer access connector.
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A surgical robotic access system providing robotic manipulator access into a patient's body, the surgical robotic access system comprising:
- a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal, and wherein the sealing cap further comprises a sealing cap ring, the sealing cap ring being configured to attach with the flexible seal;
- a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within the patient's body;
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- a robotic insertion tube comprising an outer access connector and an inner access connector, wherein the outer access connector is removably coupled to a robotic sleeve and the inner access connector is embedded in the flexible seal of the sealing cap, wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen extending through the outer access connector and the inner access connector and the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen through which a surgical robotic manipulator would be insertable therethrough thereby inserting through the flexible seal covering the portion of the lumen,
- wherein the flexible seal has a cavity and a portion disposed around and surrounding the cavity, the inner access connector being at least partially embedded in the flexible seal in an area associated with the cavity and the portion of the flexible seal being disposed surrounding the inner access connector.
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A surgical robotic access system providing robotic manipulator access into a patient's body, the surgical robotic access system comprising:
- a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal;
- a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within the patient's body;
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- a robotic insertion tube comprising an outer access connector and an inner access connector, wherein the inner access connector is removably coupled to the outer access connector, wherein the outer access connector is removably coupled to a robotic sleeve and the inner access connector is embedded in the flexible seal of the sealing cap, wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen extending through the outer access connector and the inner access connector and the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen through which a surgical robotic manipulator would be insertable therethrough thereby inserting through the flexible seal covering the portion of the lumen,
- wherein the flexible seal has a cavity and a portion disposed around and surrounding the cavity, the inner access connector being at least partially embedded in the flexible seal in an area associated with the cavity and the portion of the flexible seal being disposed surrounding the inner access connector.
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A surgical robotic access system providing robotic manipulator access into a patient's body, the surgical robotic access system comprising:
- a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal;
- a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within the patient's body;
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- a robotic insertion tube comprising an outer access connector and an inner access connector, wherein the outer access connector is removably coupled to a robotic sleeve and the inner access connector is embedded in the flexible seal of the sealing cap, wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen extending through the outer access connector and the inner access connector and the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen through which a surgical robotic manipulator would be insertable therethrough thereby inserting through the flexible seal covering the portion of the lumen,
- wherein the flexible seal has a cavity and a portion disposed around and surrounding the cavity, the inner access connector being at least partially embedded in the flexible seal in an area associated with the cavity and the portion of the flexible seal being disposed surrounding the inner access connector, and wherein a diameter of the cavity of the flexible seal is approximately equal to an outer diameter of the inner access connector.
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A surgical robotic access system providing robotic manipulator access into a patient's body, the surgical robotic access system comprising:
- a sealing cap arranged to be disposed externally to a patient's body, the sealing cap including a flexible seal;
- a retractor comprising an outer ring removably connected to the sealing cap and an inner ring arranged to be positioned within the patient's body;
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- a robotic insertion tube comprising an outer access connector and an inner access connector, wherein the outer access connector is removably coupled to the inner access connector, wherein the outer access connector is removably coupled to a robotic sleeve and the inner access connector is embedded in the flexible seal of the sealing cap, wherein the robotic insertion tube has a lumen extending through the outer access connector and the inner access connector and the flexible seal covers a portion of the lumen through which a surgical robotic manipulator would be insertable therethrough thereby inserting through the flexible seal covering the portion of the lumen,
- wherein the flexible seal disposed above a distal end of the inner access connector has a thickness greater than a thickness of the flexible seal disposed below the distal end of the inner access connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.