Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods of integrated real-time visualization
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Application No.: US16310383Application Date: 2017-06-13
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Publication No.: US11266387B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Worth B. Walters , Randall L. Schlesinger , Oliver J. Wagner
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2017/037277 WO 20170613
- International Announcement: WO2017/218552 WO 20171221
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B1/01 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B1/273 ; A61B1/07 ; A61B1/005

Abstract:
A medical system includes a flexible catheter, an imaging probe, a working catheter, and a positioning system. The flexible catheter includes a plurality of first lumens and a sealing device having one or more balloons to seal the anatomic passageways at a sealing location and one or more flaps or valves to remove air from the anatomic passageways. The imaging probe and working catheter are receivable within the plurality of first lumens and extend through the sealing device. The working catheter includes one or more second lumens to receive a medical instrument. The positioning system is configured to determine a position of a distal portion of the flexible catheter, the imaging probe, or the working catheter. The medical system is configured to collapse a portion of the anatomic passageways distal of the sealing location by removing air from the anatomic passageways to facilitate ultrasound imaging using the imaging probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190254649A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INTEGRATED REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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