Minimally invasive surgical illumination

a minimally invasive, surgical technology, applied in the direction of diagnostic recording/measuring, catheters, applications, etc., can solve the problems of defective manipulators that cannot be fully controlled, the surgical system of da vinci® cannot effectively access the surgical site, and the inability to fully control the position and orientation of the end effector

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-13
INTUITIVE SURGICAL
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[0052] In accordance with aspects of the invention, a surgical instrument extends through a guide tube in a minimally invasive surgical system. The instrument may be an operative instrument (grasper

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Although teleoperative surgery using the da Vinci® Surgical System provides great benefits over, for instance, many hand-held procedures, for some patients and for some anatomical areas the da Vinci® Surgical System is unable to effectively access a surgical site.
In particular, “defec

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[0128] This description and the accompanying drawings that illustrate aspects and embodiments of the present invention should not be taken as limiting—the claims define the protected invention. Various mechanical, compositional, structural, electrical, and operational changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of this description and the claims. In some instances, well-known circuits, structures, and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the invention. Like numbers in two or more figures represent the same or similar elements.

[0129] Further, this description's terminology is not intended to limit the invention. For example, spatially relative terms—such as “beneath”, “below”, “lower”, “above”, “upper”“proximal”, “distal”, and the like—may be used to describe one element's or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. These spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different positions a...

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A surgical instrument extends through a guide tube in a minimally invasive surgical system. The instrument may be an operative instrument or a camera instrument. One or more illumination devices, such as LEDs, are place on a side of the instrument. A cooling channel in the instrument cools the illumination device(s).

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the priority benefit of the following U.S. Provisional patent applications, all of which are incorporated by reference: [0002] U.S. patent application No. 60 / 813,028 entitled “Single port system 2” filed 13 Jun. 2006 by Cooper et al.; [0003] U.S. patent application No. 60 / 813,029 entitled “Single port surgical system 1” filed 13 Jun. 2006 by Cooper; [0004] U.S. patent application No. 60 / 813,030 entitled “Independently actuated optical train” filed 13 Jun. 2006 by Larkin et al.; [0005] U.S. patent application No. 60 / 813,075 entitled “Modular cannula architecture” filed 13 Jun. 2006 by Larkin et al.; [0006] U.S. patent application No. 60 / 813,125 entitled “Methods for delivering instruments to a surgical site with minimal disturbance to intermediate structures” filed 13 Jun. 2006 by Larkin et al.; [0007] U.S. patent application No. 60 / 813,126 entitled “Rigid single port surgical system” filed 13 Jun. 2006 by Cooper;...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B1/06
CPCA61B1/00087A61B1/05A61B1/0055A61B1/018A61B19/2203A61B19/5212A61B2017/3447A61B2019/2211A61B2019/2223A61B2019/2234A61B2019/2238A61B2019/2242A61B2019/2249A61B2019/5261A61B1/00149A61B1/00154A61B1/00165A61B1/002A61B1/04A61B1/06A61B5/0086A61B8/12A61B19/20A61B1/00193A61B2034/2061A61B90/10A61B34/71A61B90/361A61B34/72A61B34/37A61B34/30A61B2034/301A61B2034/305A61B2034/306G16H40/67G16H20/40A61B34/32A61B2090/062A61B1/0016A61B2017/00398A61B2017/00477A61B2017/00318A61B2017/00225A61B2017/00314A61B2017/00323A61B2017/0034A61B17/29A61B34/70A61B1/0051A61B17/00234
Inventor SCHENA, BRUCE M.SHAFER, DAVID C.
Owner INTUITIVE SURGICAL
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