SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RECOMMEND TOOL SET FOR A ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE
Granted: October 3, 2024
Application Number:
20240331856
A computer-implemented method is provided to receive skill data and patient data, the skill data indicative of a skill level associated with a surgeon, and the patient data corresponding to a patient, determine, using a model trained with machine learning and receiving as input the skill data and the patient data, tool data indicative of a recommended tool, and cause, based on the tool data, an indication to be presented to a user to install the recommended tool onto the…
MULTI-CABLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number:
20240315792
A medical instrument includes cable pairs respectively wound around input spindles and connected to actuate degrees of freedom of an instrument shaft structure. The cables may connect so that rotating the input spindles actuates corresponding degrees of freedom. First pulleys in the instrument may receive first cables from the input spindles and redirect the first cables toward the instrument shaft, and second pulleys may receive second cables from the input spindles and redirect the…
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A JAW LOCKING MECHANISM
Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number:
20240315761
A surgical instrument having a jaw lock includes first jaw and second jaws that are moveable from an open position to a closed position. At least one of the jaws includes a jaw slot having a jaw closing portion and a jaw locking portion. A pin positioned within the jaw slot is advanced by a blade. The blade includes a cutting edge and a notch defining a first edge configured to advance the pin to move the jaws to, and secure the jaws in, the closed position.
STAPLER CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Granted: September 26, 2024
Application Number:
20240315693
A method of installing a stapler reload cartridge in a stapler instrument includes removing a cover from a side of a stapler reload cartridge housing a plurality of staples, the side having a plurality of pusher apertures configured to receive staple pushers during loading of the stapler reload cartridge; after removing the cover, installing the stapler reload cartridge in the stapler instrument by placing the stapler reload cartridge in a jaw of the stapler instrument such that the side…
END EFFECTOR FORCE FEEDBACK TO MASTER CONTROLLER
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240307139
A teleoperated surgical system is provided that includes a surgical instrument that includes an end effector mounted for rotation about a slave pivot axis; a master control input includes a mount member, first and second master grip rotatably secured at the mount member for rotation about a master pivot axis; sensor to produce a sensor signal indicative of a slave grip counter-force about the slave pivot axis; one or more motors to impart a shear force to the mount member, perpendicular…
STAPLER RELOAD ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240299029
A stapler reload assembly includes a cartridge body. The cartridge body comprises a plurality of staple apertures configured to eject staples housed in the cartridge body and a staple retainer removably coupled to the cartridge body. The staple retainer comprises a main body portion configured to at least partially cover the plurality of staple apertures in a position of the staple retainer coupled to the cartridge body, a first handling portion extending from the main body portion at a…
SPLIT BRIDGE CIRCUIT FORCE SENSOR
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240302227
A force sensor comprising a beam having a longitudinal axis and a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a first Wheatstone bridge disposed on a first face of the beam, including multiple tension gauge resistors and multiple compression gauge resistors; a second Wheatstone bridge disposed on the first face of the beam, including multiple tension gauge resistors and multiple compression gauge resistors; wherein at least one tension gauge resistor and at least one compression gauge…
MEDICAL GAS DUCTS FOR MEDICAL GAS EVACUATION DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240299677
A medical system can include a medical gas duct comprising a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first opening at the first end of the duct, and a second opening at the second end of the duct. The first opening can be positioned to receive medical gas exiting an exhaust port of a medical gas evacuation unit. On the condition a medical suction supply provides a suction at the second opening of the duct, medical gas exiting the exhaust port of the medical gas evacuation unit…
SURGICAL DRAPE AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SURGICAL DRAPE AND ATTACHMENT SENSOR
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240299113
A patient side cart can have a first sensor at an arm and a second sensor at a main column. A sterile barrier system can include a first drape to cover at least a portion of the arm of the cart, a first attachment device connected to the first drape, a second drape to cover at least a portion of the main column of the cart, and a second attachment device connected to the second drape. In an installed position of the first drape, the first sensor can detect he first attachment device and…
CONTROLLING CONDUCTIVE PATHS BETWEEN ELECTRODES IN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240299080
An electrosurgical instrument may comprise electrodes provided on the working surfaces of each jaw member that can be set to different electrical potentials and/or polarities to perform electrosurgical operations, such as sealing and cutting. Different combinations of electrodes can be selectively activated to create different pathways for the transfer of electrical energy through the material, to achieve the desired effects.
SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE ENTRY GUIDE CONFIGURATIONS
Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number:
20240293942
A surgical system uses a single entry port in a wide variety of surgeries. To insert multiple surgical instruments into a patient through a single entry port requires that the shaft of at least one of the surgical instruments be bent between the base of the surgical instrument and the point where the shaft contacts a channel in an entry guide. Each surgical instrument is positioned by an instrument manipulator positioning system so that when the shaft is inserted in a channel of the…
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL
Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number:
20240293139
A control system includes a processor communicatively coupled with first and second user-actuated input mechanisms. The processor is configured to, in response to a first input at the first user-actuated input mechanism, command a jaw mechanism of an end effector to move from an open position to an intermediate closed position within the range of motion of the jaw mechanism, and command a translating mechanism of the end effector to move from a proximal position to an intermediate…
SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT
Granted: September 5, 2024
Application Number:
20240293122
A surgical instrument includes an elongate shaft and an end effector. The end effector includes a jaw, and a coupling member configured to receive a first and second reload and to removably couple the first and second reload to the end effector. The coupling member is configured to retain the first reload in a closed position relative to the jaw such that the jaw and the first reload have a tissue gap therebetween. The coupling member is configured to retain the second reload in a closed…
PORCINE LEAF FAT MEMBRANE USED IN TISSUE MODELS FOR SURGICAL TRAINING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Granted: August 29, 2024
Application Number:
20240290222
A method for making a porcine leaf fat membrane may include exposing a porcine leaf fat tissue sample to a detergent solution. The porcine leaf fat tissue sample includes a porcine leaf fat membrane and porcine leaf fat connected thereto. The method includes mechanically stripping the porcine leaf fat from the porcine leaf fat membrane after exposing the porcine leaf fat tissue sample to the detergent solution. The porcine leaf fat membrane may be incorporated within a tissue model for…
DEVICES FOR INSTRUMENT USE RECORDING, DEVICES FOR RECORDING INSTRUMENT REPROCESSING EVENTS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: August 15, 2024
Application Number:
20240268822
An instrument can include a shaft with a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an end effector at the distal end portion, and a transmission mechanism at the proximal end portion. The transmission mechanism can include a driven input device engageable with an external drive mechanism. The instrument can include an indicator operably coupled to the driven input device and moveable through each of a plurality of consecutive positions, each of the plurality of consecutive positions…
STAPLE CARTRIDGE FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Granted: August 8, 2024
Application Number:
20240260959
The present disclosure provides a staple cartridge for a surgical instrument, such as a tissue sealing instrument. The staple cartridge includes a housing and one or more staple assemblies within the housing. The staple assemblies each include one or more staple pushers and associated staples. The staple pushers and housing include coupling elements configured to cooperate with each other to retain the staple assemblies to the housing prior to use in surgery. The coupling elements, along…
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A REINFORCED STAPLE CARTRIDGE
Granted: August 1, 2024
Application Number:
20240252171
The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument, such as a tissue sealing instrument, with an elongate shaft and first and second jaws movably coupled to the shaft. The second jaw comprises a cavity for receiving a staple cartridge and a substantially longitudinal reinforcing wall extending through the cavity. The instrument further includes a drive member configured to translate through the end effector to close the jaws and to engage a plurality of staples within the staple…
SHARED-LEG VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER
Granted: July 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240243675
A system includes a first motor, a second motor, and a third motor, each respective motor comprising three phases. The system further includes a voltage source inverter circuit comprising multiple respective inverter legs. Each respective inverter leg coupled to drive at least one phase of at least one of the respective motors, with a first shared inverter leg coupled to drive a third phase of the first motor and drive a first phase of the second motor. A second shared inverter leg is…
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SUTURING PROCEDURES
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240206869
A needle driver device comprises a needle track defining a curved path and a drive system configured to operably engage with and drive a needle along the needle track. The drive system comprises a first drive member, a second drive member, and a needle driver link. The first drive member is rotatable about a first drive member axis, and the second drive member is rotatable about a second drive member axis spaced apart from the first drive member axis. The needle driver link comprises a…
CAPACITIVE SENSING OF HAND PRESENCE AT CONTROL INPUT DEVICE
Granted: June 27, 2024
Application Number:
20240210454
Implementations relate to capacitive sensing of hand presence at a control input device. In some implementations, a control input device includes a support structure, a handle moveable in one or more degrees of freedom with reference to the support structure, and a capacitive sensor circuit electrically coupled to the handle. The handle is isolated from electrical ground and is an antenna for the capacitive sensor circuit.
