Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fiber management in medical instrument backend
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Application No.: US16678728Application Date: 2019-11-08
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Publication No.: US11076753B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Stephen J. Blumenkranz , Vincent Duindam , Mark Froggatt , Eric Sanborn
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/07
- IPC: A61B1/07 ; A61B1/005 ; G02B6/36 ; G02B23/26 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B5/06 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B34/20

Abstract:
A tool may comprise an optical fiber including a proximal end, a distal end, an intermediate portion between the proximal end and the distal end, and an adjustable bend between the proximal end and the intermediate portion. Motion of the intermediate portion may be constrained to translational motion substantially along an axis defined by the optical fiber at the intermediate portion. The tool may also comprise a cylindrical passage through which the intermediate portion of the optical fiber extends and a housing enclosing the adjustable bend and the cylindrical passage. The cylindrical passage may extend through a cylindrical member that includes an outer wall surrounding the cylindrical passage. The housing encloses the outer wall of the cylindrical member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200093548A1 FIBER MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT BACKEND Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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