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US 2018/0021062 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus for controlling surgical instruments using a surgical port assembly
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorDwight Meglan
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to surgical port assemblies including a plurality of inflatable members for applying a force to a portion of a shaft of a surgical instrument which is inserted through an interior space of the surgical port assembly, and to surgical systems including a surgical port assembly, an endoscopic camera, and a control mechanism for controlling inflation and deflation of the plurality of inflatable members of the surgical port assembly.
Claims16
A surgical port assembly for use with surgical instruments, the surgical port assembly comprising:
- a body including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface defining an interior space, the interior space configured to allow a surgical instrument to pass therethrough;
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- a control interface including a plurality of inflatable members coupled to the body and inflatable to selectively apply a force to a portion of a shaft of the surgical instrument when the shaft is disposed within the interior space, wherein each of the plurality of inflatable members is independently selectively inflatable to move a distal portion of the surgical instrument to a desired position.
A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical port assembly including a body and a control interface, the body including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface defining an interior space, the interior space configured to allow a surgical instrument to pass therethrough, the control interface including a plurality of inflatable members coupled to the body and inflatable to selectively apply a force to a portion of a shaft of the surgical instrument when the shaft is disposed within the interior space, wherein each of the plurality of inflatable members is independently selectively inflatable to move a distal portion of the surgical instrument to a desired position;
- an endoscopic camera, a portion of the endoscopic camera being positionable within a body cavity and configured to view the distal portion of the surgical instrument;
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- a control mechanism disposed in operative engagement with the surgical port assembly and the endoscopic camera, the control mechanism configured to control inflation and deflation of the plurality of inflatable members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.