- Patent Title: Systems and methods for cleaning a minimally invasive instrument
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Application No.: US17562431Application Date: 2021-12-27
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Publication No.: US11998176B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Carolyn M. Fenech , Christopher B. Allenby , Stephen J. Blumenkranz , Anoop B. Kowshik
- 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 & Boone, LLP
- The original application number of the division: US13911705 2013.06.06
- Main IPC: A61B1/12
- IPC: A61B1/12 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/015 ; A61B17/00 ; A61M1/00 ; A61M3/02 ; A61M13/00 ; A61B34/30

Abstract:
An elongate flexible instrument includes an elongate flexible instrument, an image capture instrument, and at least one heat transfer element. The elongate flexible instrument defines an internal channel. The internal channel is configured to receive a fluid from a fluid source. The image capture instrument is disposed within the internal channel in a distal portion of the elongate flexible instrument. The at least one heat transfer element is configured to transfer heat from the image capture instrument to the fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220117479A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING A MINIMALLY INVASIVE INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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