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US 7,789,875 B2Granted
Surgical instruments
AssigneeHansen Medical, Inc.
InventorsDavid L. Brock, Woojin Lee
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Abstract
A medical system comprises a rigid support configured for being affixed relative to a patient table, a carriage assembly configured for being removably mounted to the rigid support, a surgical instrument mounted to the carriage assembly, the surgical instrument carrying a distal tool configured for performing a medical procedure on a patient, and a drive unit configured for being coupled to the surgical instrument to control the movement of the surgical instrument within at least one degree-of-freedom.
Claims49
A medical system, comprising:
- a rigid support configured for being affixed relative to a patient table;
- a carriage assembly configured for being removably mounted to the rigid support;
- a surgical instrument mounted to the carriage assembly, the surgical instrument carrying a distal tool configured for performing a medical procedure on a patient;
- and
- a drive unit coupled to the surgical instrument through the carriage assembly to control the movement of the surgical instrument within at least one degree-of-freedom.
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A medical system, comprising:
- a rigid support configured for being affixed relative to a patient table;
- a carriage assembly configured for being removably mounted to the rigid support;
- a yoke configured for being mounted to the rigid support, wherein the carriage assembly further comprises a pivot piece configured for being pivotably secured to the yoke;
- a surgical instrument mounted to the carriage assembly, the surgical instrument carrying a distal tool configured for performing a medical procedure on a patient;
- and
- a drive unit configured for being coupled to the surgical instrument to control the movement of the surgical instrument within at least one degree-of-freedom.
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A medical system, comprising:
- a rigid support configured for being affixed relative to a patient table;
- a carriage assembly configured for being removably mounted to the rigid support;
- a surgical instrument mounted to the carriage assembly, the surgical instrument carrying a distal tool configured for performing a medical procedure on a patient, wherein the surgical instrument comprises an adapter to which the drive unit is coupled and an instrument insert carrying the distal tool and removably disposed within the adapter;
- and
- a drive unit configured for being coupled to the surgical instrument to control the movement of the surgical instrument within at least one degree-of-freedom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.