Systems and methods for endoscopic tissue grasping
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsThad W. Lieb, Thomas W. Brown, Jennifer A. Hayden, Kyle R. Miller, Tabish Mustufa, Bruce M. Schena
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Abstract
A system may comprise an elongate flexible instrument, a tissue grasping device including a helical needle extending from a distal end of the elongate flexible instrument, and a grasper drive system coupled to the tissue grasping device to drive motion of the tissue grasping device. The system may also include a sensor system coupled to the tissue grasping device and a control system configured to receive sensor information from the sensor system and control the grasper drive system in response to the received sensor information.
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A system comprising:
- an elongate flexible instrument;
- a tissue grasping device including a helical needle extending from a distal end of the elongate flexible instrument;
- a grasper drive system coupled to the tissue grasping device to drive motion of the tissue grasping device;
- a sensor system coupled to the tissue grasping device;
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- a control system configured to receive sensor information from the sensor system and control the grasper drive system in response to the received sensor information.
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