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US 12,721,650 B2Granted
Instrument access device with integrated task lighting
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorTyler J. Morrissette
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Abstract
A medical device includes means for covering the proximal opening of a wound retractor. The means for covering includes means for introducing one or more instruments through the means for covering and means for illuminating a zone adjacent the wound retractor.
Claims13
An instrument access device comprising:
- an envelope comprising a distal end, a proximal end, a cavity between the distal and proximal ends, and an opening at the proximal end;
- and
- an instrument seal assembly coupled to the proximal end and configured to seal the opening,
- the instrument seal assembly comprising a base, a track in the base, and an illumination device movably connected to the track and configured to illuminate a zone of the distal end of the envelope,
- the illumination device comprising an arm and a lamp,
- the arm being moveably coupled to the track in the base at a first end and coupled to the lamp at a second end of the arm, and
- in addition to being movably coupled to the track, the arm being articulable to change the zone illuminated by the lamp.
4 more elements
A medical device comprising:
- means for covering a proximal opening of a wound retractor, the means for covering comprising means for introducing one or more instruments through the means for covering and means for sealing the proximal opening of the wound retractor, the means for sealing comprising a base and a track in the base;
- and
- an illumination device movably connected to the track and configured to illuminate a zone of a distal end of the means for covering, the illumination device comprising an arm and a lamp, the arm being moveably coupled to the track in the base at a first end and coupled to the lamp at a second end of the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.