Mechanized multi-instrument surgical system
AssigneeTransEnterix, Inc.
InventorsCarson Shellenberger, Keith Phillip Laby
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Abstract
A surgical system includes an instrument driver having a distal end positionable in a body cavity and a user input device. The instrument driver and user input device are positioned to removably receive distal and proximal portions, respectively, of a surgical instrument. The user input device is configured to generate movement signals in response to manual manipulation of the proximal portion of the surgical instrument. At least one motor operable to actuate the instrument driver in response to the movement signals and to thereby change position of the distal portion of the surgical instrument within the body cavity.
Claims18
1-27. (canceled)
A motorized surgical system, comprising:
- at least one support having a distal portion positionable within a sterile field in proximity to a patient positioned on a surgical table;
- an instrument driver carried by the distal portion of said at least one support, the instrument driver having a steerable distal end positionable in a body cavity, the distal end configured to removably receive a surgical instrument;
- a user input device carried by the distal portion of said at least one support, the user input device configured to generate movement signals in response to manual manipulation of a portion of the user input device by a user;
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- at least one steering motor operably coupled to the instrument driver, the motor operable to deflect the steerable distal end of the instrument driver in response to the movement signals.
44-88. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.