Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-08
2007-05-08
Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3732)
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
C607S102000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10010150
ABSTRACT:
A remote control flexible instrument system, employing a shaft which supports a tool, is described in which the has proximal and distal ends with at least a portion thereof extending through a lumen of the human body so as to locate the shaft at an internal target site. A master station including an input device provides control of the instrument situated at a slave station. The master station can control at least one degree-of-freedom of the flexible instrument. A controller intercouples the master and slave stations and is operated in accordance with a computer algorithm that receives a command from the input device for controlling at least one degree-of-freedom of the catheter so as to respond in accordance with action at the input device. The flexible instrument further comprises a controlled flexible segment along the shaft, for controlled bending at the flexible segment to guide the shaft and to dispose the tool at an operative site.
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Brock David L.
Cunningham Robert W.
Lee Woo-jin
Rogers Gary
Weitzner Barry
Hansen Medical, Inc.
Philogene Pedro
Vista IP Law Group LLP
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