Medical instrument with sensor for use in a system and method for electromagnetic navigation

TP Crowley, DJ Miel, DJ Serdar, JB Stopek… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A medical instrument includes a printed sensor, a surface, at least one non-
conductive material, and at least one pair of contacts. The sensor has at least one coil …

Superelastic medical instrument

CT Landey, RJ Connolly - US Patent 10,743,751, 2020 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to a superelastic medical instrument that of bending elastically
through the tortuous pathways of an endoscope, returning to a straight shape upon …

Robotic medical systems with high force instruments

DT Wallace, TM Schuh, SJ Witte - US Patent 10,751,140, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A robotic system can include a high force instrument that amplifies input
forces such that output forces are greater than input forces. The high force instrument can …

Apparatus and method for a global coordinate system for use in robotic surgery

JB Alvarez, J Zhang, G Kintz - US Patent 10,383,765, 2019 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for establishing a global coordi nate system to facilitate robotic
assisted surgery. The coor dinate system may be established using a combination of the …

Bipolar medical instrument

TM Schuh, ED Chin, AJ Niswander - US Patent 10,639,114, 2020 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for a bipolar medical instrument. In one
aspect, the medical instrument includes a first end effector, a first set of one or more distal …

Instrument device manipulator with roll mechanism

T Schuh, J Bogusky, M Williams, DS Mintz… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and
comprises a surgical therandauer housing. The surgical tlholder includes an attachment …

System for robotic-assisted endolumenal surgery and related methods

JB Alvarez, GJ Kintz, DS Mintz, E Romo… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
An endolumenal robotic system provides the surgeon with the ability to drive a robotically-
driven endoscopic device to a desired anatomical position in a patient without the need for …

Method, apparatus and system for a water jet

JB Alvarez, D Mintz - US Patent 10,980,669, 2021 - Google Patents
Awater jet instrument may be used for manually performing surgery. The water jet instrument
may be manually con trolled or controlled by a system with a robotic control. The water jet …

Medical instruments for tissue cauterization

TM Schuh, SJ Witte, AJ Niswander - US Patent 10,828,118, 2020 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for an articulating monopolar medical
instrument. In one aspect, the medical instrument includes a wrist comprising a proxi mal …

Object removal through a percutaneous suction tube

E Romo - US Patent 11,559,360, 2023 - Google Patents
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US11559360B2 - Object removal through a percutaneous suction tube - Google Patents …