SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENGAGING AN INSTRUMENT OF A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SYSTEM
Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number:
20250107858
A computer-assisted system includes an instrument. The instrument includes a receive interface configured to couple with a drive interface, the receive interface including a first receive coupling with a set of first receive features disposed on the first receive coupling, each first receive feature in the set physically configured for mechanically engaging with a same first drive feature disposed on a first drive coupling of the drive interface, and a transmission element coupled with…
AXIALLY-ADJUSTABLE ELECTRODE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: March 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250099172
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for providing controlled delivery of energy treatment to a tissue site. The systems, apparatuses, and methods may include designs with features for efficiently deploying and adjusting electrodes at a tissue site for treatment and for facilitating retraction of the electrodes back into a housing after completion of treatment for removal. The systems, apparatuses, and methods may further include an expansion member for radially expanding the…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE WITH A DEPLOYABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250090212
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for providing controlled delivery of energy treatment to a tissue site. The systems, apparatuses, and methods may include medical instrument designs with features for retaining a flexible substrate with an electrode array in position against an expandable member during delivery to the tissue site, treatment, and retraction from the tissue site. The medical instrument further includes features for retaining the flexible substrate in a…
LOW CAPACITANCE ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM
Granted: March 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250089994
An endoscopic system includes a shaft comprising a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a sensor system; a floating ground element electrically coupled to the sensor system; a power regulator electrically coupled to a power transmission line and to the floating ground element, the power regulator configured to convert ground-referenced power received from an earth ground referenced power source into floating ground element referenced power and to output the floating ground…
SURGICAL TOOL WITH NESTED SHAFT TUBES
Granted: March 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250082360
A surgical instrument includes a chassis, an outer tube having a proximal end operably coupled to the chassis, and an inner tube extending within the outer tube. The inner tube has a proximal end operably coupled to the chassis to allow slidable movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube in response to a force imparted to a distal end of the inner tube, and such that frictional force imparted to an outer surface of the outer tube is not imparted to the inner member.
HELICAL ELECTRODE TREATMENT DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS OF TREATMENT
Granted: March 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250072948
An electrode treatment device includes an electrode strip arranged in the shape of a helix with a first end of the electrode strip attached to an elongate flexible body, such as a catheter tube, and a second end of the electrode strip attached to a flexible shaft that extends from the body. When the helical electrode is contracted around the body and/or shaft, the device may be less than 2 mm in diameter to facilitate endoluminal insertion and treatment of gastrointestinal or lung…
DATA AND POWER CABLE ASSEMBLIES
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250069775
A data cable assembly and a power cable assembly. The data cable assembly including a first power cable and a first ground cable each including a plurality of cladded wires. The data cable assembly further including an data transmission cable and, in some instances, a clocking cable. The data transmission cable can be an active optical cable including, at each of its ends, an electrical-optical configured to covert received electrical signals to optical signals and convert received…
STERILE DRAPE FOR DRAPING EQUIPMENT, AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250064543
A sterile drape assembly for draping equipment to create a sterile barrier around the equipment may comprise a hollow elongated drape body and a closure mechanism. The drape body extends between a first end and a second end and has a first drape portion comprising the first end and a second drape portion comprising the second end. The closure mechanism releasably closes, or is configured to releasably close, the first end of the drape body. The sterile drape assembly has a partially…
CONTROL SWITCH POSITION SENSING ACROSS A ROTATIONAL JOINT
Granted: February 27, 2025
Application Number:
20250064540
Implementations relate to control switch position sensing across a rotational joint. In some implementations, a control input device includes a base member and a roll member rotatable about a central axis with respect to the base member in a roll degree of freedom. A switch contact portion is rotatable with the roll member and moveable to multiple positions in a switch degree of freedom. A first sensor element is coupled to and moveable with the switch contact portion and can be a…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COORDINATING CONTENT PRESENTATION FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SYSTEMS
Granted: February 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250057607
A coordination system for coordinating content presentation associated with a session involves using a computer-assisted medical system, the coordination system including a session awareness engine and a content selection engine. The session awareness engine being configured to obtain data from the computer-assisted medical system, the data indicative of an operational state of the computer-assisted medical system and determine a context of the session based on the data. The content…
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING ELECTRICAL AND FLUID ISOLATION FEATURES
Granted: February 20, 2025
Application Number:
20250057588
A medical device includes a shaft, an electrically insulative outer cover, an electrically insulative spacer, and a wrist assembly. The outer cover is positioned over an outer surface of the shaft and a distal end portion of the outer cover extends beyond a distal end surface of the shaft. The spacer comprises a first coupling portion, a second coupling portion, and a circumferential annular protrusion. The first coupling portion of the spacer is coupled to an inner surface of the shaft.…
COMPOSITE MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: February 13, 2025
Application Number:
20250054147
A first display image includes a first captured image captured by an imaging device and showing a first view of a surgical area, which shows surface anatomy located at the surgical area and an object located at the surgical area, and an augmentation region. The augmentation region occludes at least a portion of the first view. Subsequent to capture of the first captured image, the system detects an overlap between the object and the augmentation region and determines whether the overlap…
ALIGNMENT AND ENGAGEMENT FOR TELEOPERATED ACTUATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250041015
A method of aligning a surgical instrument with the instrument sterile adapter for coupling the surgical instrument and an instrument carriage includes inserting the instrument shaft of the surgical instrument into an entry guide held in a fixed relation to the instrument carriage and the instrument sterile adapter, insertion of the instrument shaft into the entry guide constraining the surgical instrument to rotation around a first cylindrical axis of the instrument shaft and axial…
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE JAWS
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250040930
A surgical instrument, such as a tissue sealing instrument, is provided with an end effector having first and second movable jaws that define a gap therebetween in the closed position for clamping, sealing and/or stapling tissue. The jaws are movable relative to each other in the closed position to reduce a thickness of least one portion of this gap. This configuration allows the jaws to be moved closer together to reduce the overall size of the instrument when, for example, the…
ELECTRICALLY WELDABLE SUTURE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING WELDED SUTURE LOOPS AND OTHER WELDED STRUCTURES
Granted: February 6, 2025
Application Number:
20250040926
A device for positioning in the body of an animal, the device comprising a first portion and a second portion that may be positioned in contact with one other, the first portion and the second portion each comprising a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material, such that when the device is positioned in the body of an animal and electric current flows from the first portion to the second portion, heat is generated by electrical resistance at the point of contact between the first…
GROUNDED VIRTUAL PORTAL FOR ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEM
Granted: January 30, 2025
Application Number:
20250032206
A grounded virtual portal to interface with a robotic medical system is provided. The system can include an input controller coupled to a first structure via a plurality of linkages. The first structure can be mechanically coupled to a base structure. The input controller can control an object of a medical environment. A head mounted display can be coupled to a second structure extending the base structure. The head mounted display can be configured to render an extended reality…
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FLEXIBLE SHAFT AND ACTUATION ELEMENT GUIDE
Granted: January 30, 2025
Application Number:
20250032104
A surgical instrument includes a shaft, a force transmission mechanism disposed at a first end of the shaft, an end effector disposed at a second end of the shaft, an actuation element that extends along the shaft from the force transmission mechanism to the end effector, and an actuation element guide extending along the shaft. The actuation element guide defines a lumen in which the actuation element guide is received. The actuation element guide is compressed into a pre-compressed…
SURGICAL CANNULA MOUNTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: January 23, 2025
Application Number:
20250025249
A surgical cannula includes a bowl section; a tube; and an attachment portion extending from the bowl section. The attachment portion is configured to engage with at least one of a cannula sterile adaptor and a cannula mount of a surgical system. The attachment portion extends from the bowl section along a radial direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cannula. The attachment portion tapers in a direction away from the bowl section.
TELEOPERATED SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH PATIENT HEALTH RECORDS BASED INSTRUMENT CONTROL
Granted: January 16, 2025
Application Number:
20250017673
A method is provided for intra-surgical use of a surgical patient health record in a teleoperated surgical system that includes a surgical instrument and a surgical instrument actuator, comprising: receiving user input commands to control movement of a robotic surgical instrument; tracking robotic surgical instrument actuator state in response to the user input commands; and transitioning robotic surgical instrument actuator state to a safety mode in response to the robotic surgical…
MEDICAL TOOLS HAVING TENSION BANDS
Granted: January 9, 2025
Application Number:
20250009455
A medical device includes a first link, a second link, and a band. A proximal end portion of the first link is coupled to a shaft. A proximal end portion of the second link is rotatably coupled to a distal end portion of first link about a first axis. The distal end portion of the second link includes a connector coupled to a tool member that is rotatable relative to the second link about a second axis that is non-parallel to the first axis. The first link defines a first guide channel…
