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US 2014/0276391 A1Published application
Catheter insertion system and method of fabrication
AssigneeHansen Medical, Inc.
InventorAlan Yu
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Abstract
A robotic instrument driver for elongate members includes a first carriage positionable on a bed and beside a patient access site for manipulating a first elongate member, and a second carriage positionable proximate the bed, the second carriage configured to articulate the first elongate member, wherein the second carriage is movable independent from the first carriage.
Claims20
A robotic instrument driver for elongate members, comprising:
- a first carriage positionable on a bed and beside a patient access site for manipulating a first elongate member;
- and
- a second carriage positionable proximate the bed, the second carriage configured to articulate the first elongate member;
- wherein the second carriage is movable independent from the first carriage.
1 more element
A catheter surgical system coupled to a bed configured to support a patient during surgery, the system comprising:
- a first carriage configured to couple to the bed and to manipulate a first elongate member;
- and
- a second carriage configured to couple to the bed adjacent to where the patient is positioned during surgery, wherein the second carriage is configured to articulate the first elongate member, and the second carriage is moveable autonomously from the first carriage.
A method of assembling a catheter insertion system, comprising:
- providing a first carriage that is positionable proximate a patient surgical support structure, the first carriage configured to manipulate an elongate member into a patient;
- and
- providing a second carriage that is positionable proximate the patient surgical support structure and beside a patient on the patient surgical support structure, wherein the second carriage is configured to articulate the first elongate member and is moveable independently from the first carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.