PROTECTIVE COVER INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Granted: May 8, 2025
Application Number:
20250143829
A method of removing a protective cover from an instrument includes inserting a distal end of the instrument on which the protective cover is positioned within an opening of a tool; engaging an edge of the protective cover with a movable member of the tool; and while the edge is engaged, using relative movement between the instrument and the tool to remove the protective cover from the instrument.
TELESCOPING MEDICAL DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND STERILE DRAPE
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250134613
A drape shroud assembly comprises a body and a plurality of tabs. The body comprises a first end, a second end, an outer surface extending between the first end and the second end, and an inner surface extending between the first end and the second end. The inner surface of the body bounds an inner volume sized to permit at least part of a surgical instrument manipulator insertion assembly to be contained within the inner volume. The body is configured for attachment to the insertion…
LATCH RELEASE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Granted: May 1, 2025
Application Number:
20250134612
A medical instrument comprises an instrument control surface configured to mate with an instrument sterile adapter to receive input drive forces through the sterile adapter to control actuation of the surgical instrument, the instrument control surface comprising a first opening defined in the instrument control surface. A latch structure of the instrument comprises a locking surface configured to engage a latch arm in response to the latch arm being received in the opening, wherein in…
CLEANING DEVICES FOR INSTRUMENTS, AND RELATED METHODS
Granted: April 24, 2025
Application Number:
20250127387
A cleaning device for an imaging instrument includes a tubular member sized to receive a shaft of an imaging instrument; a collar configured to be coupled to the shaft of the imaging instrument; a collar latching element movably coupled to the tubular member; and a tubular member anti-rotation feature configured to fix a relative rotational orientation between the tubular member and the collar.
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…
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…
