US 11,950,869 B2Granted

System and method for providing on-demand functionality during a medical procedure

AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

InventorsAndrew J. Hazelton, Kayla Keifer Anderson, John Ryan Steger

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Abstract

A system for providing on-demand functionality during a medical procedure includes an instrument, an accessory, and a mounting device attached to one or more of the instrument and the accessory. The instrument includes an instrument body and an end effector. The end effector providing a first functionality. The accessory providing a second functionality. The mounting device removably couples the accessory to the instrument to augment the first functionality with the second functionality. In one example, the end effector includes jaws to provide a surgical functionality, and the first accessory includes a camera to provide a complementary monitoring functionality. In another example, the mounting device includes a mechanical mechanism and/or a magnetic mechanism for removably coupling the accessory to the instrument.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for providing on-demand functionality during a medical procedure comprising:

a first instrument comprising an instrument body and an end effector, the end effector providing a first functionality;
a first accessory providing a second functionality;
and
a mounting device comprising:
a first mounting component attached to the first accessory;
and
a second mounting component integrated in the first instrument, the second mounting component including a groove,
wherein the first mounting component is decouplable from the second mounting component, and wherein the first mounting component is configured to interact with the second mounting component to removably couple the first accessory to the first instrument to augment the first functionality with the second functionality,
wherein the mounting device is configured to transition the first accessory between a first configuration and a second configuration while both the first accessory and the end effector are inside a patient body as the first mounting component is received by and moves within the groove of the second mounting component,
wherein in the first configuration, the first accessory is in a distal-facing orientation relative to the first instrument, and
wherein in the second configuration, the first accessory is in a proximal-facing orientation relative to the first instrument.

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A system for providing on-demand functionality during a medical procedure comprising:

an instrument comprising an instrument body and an end effector, the end effector providing a first functionality;
an accessory providing a second functionality;
and
a mounting device comprising:
a first mounting component attached to the accessory, the first mounting component including a first magnet having a first polarity;
and
a second mounting component integrated in the instrument, the second mounting component including a second magnet having a second polarity different from the first polarity,
wherein the first mounting component is decouplable from the second mounting component, and wherein the first mounting component is configured to interact with the second mounting component to removably couple the accessory to the instrument to augment the first functionality with the second functionality,
wherein the mounting device is configured to transition the accessory between a first configuration and a second configuration while both the accessory and the end effector are inside a patient body based on an interaction between the first polarity of the first magnet and the second polarity of the second magnet,
wherein in the first configuration, the accessory is in a distal-facing orientation relative to the instrument, and
wherein in the second configuration, the accessory is in a proximal-facing orientation relative to the instrument.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/117,821Filed 30 Aug 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 30 Aug 2017
Published: US 2019/0060014 A128 Feb 2019
Granted: 9 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification26 codes

A61B 34/35
Surgical robots: for telesurgery
A61B 1/00147
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g.…:…
A61B 1/05
Combined with photographic or television appliances: characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion
A61B 17/00234
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery