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InventorsDan Sanchez, Michael Black, Scott Hammond
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A pivot port that can provide a pivot point for a surgical instrument. The pivot port may be held in a stationary position by a support arm assembly that is attached to a table. The pivot port may include either an adapter or a ball joint that can support the surgical instrument. The pivot port allows the instrument to pivot relative to a patient.
A pivot port that can support a surgical instrument controlled by a robotic arm, comprising:
A pivot port that can support a surgical instrument controlled by a robotic arm, comprising:
A medical system, comprising:
A medical system, comprising:
A method for performing a medical procedure on a patient, comprising:
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Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00,…
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical robots
For stereotaxic surgery, e.g. frame-based stereotaxis: with guides for needles or instruments, e.g. arcuate slides or ball joints
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pivot arm that can support a surgical instrument during a medical procedure.
2. Background Information
FIG. 1 is an illustration of an embodiment of a medical system of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pivot port of the medical system;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the pivot port.
In general the present invention includes a pivot port that can provide a pivot point for a surgical instrument moved by a robotic arm. The pivot port may be held in a stationary position by a support arm assembly that is attached to a table. The pivot port may include either an adapter or a ball joint that can support the surgical instrument. The pivot port allows the instrument to pivot relative to a patient. The pivot arm allows the robotically controlled surgical instrument to be used in a non-minimally invasive procedure such as an open chest coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure. Although use of the pivot arm in open chest CABG procedures is described, it is to be understood that the pivot arm can be used in other surgical procedures including minimally invasive procedures. For example, the pivot arm can be used to hold an instrument for a minimally invasive CABG procedure. Additionally, the pivot arm can hold instruments that are not robotically controlled.
Referring to the drawings more particularly by reference numbers, FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a medical system 10 of the present invention. The system 10 may include a pivot port 12 that is held in a stationary position by a support arm assembly 14. The support arm assembly 14 may be attached to a surgical table (not shown).
A surgical instrument 16 can be coupled to the pivot port 12. The surgical instrument 16 can be coupled to a robotic arm 18. The pivot port 12 is constructed so that the instrument 16 can pivot relative to the arm 12 with a sufficient range of motion so that medical procedures can be performed with the robotic arm 18.