SYSTEMS FOR FLEXIBLE ANTENNAS
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
- Filing Date
- 2019-03-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-03
AI Technical Summary
Current tissue ablation devices face challenges in achieving small form factors with flexibility to navigate tortuous anatomy, as traditional antennas made of rigid conducting materials like copper are inflexible and unable to recover from bends, limiting control over ablation zone size and insertion depth.
The use of a flexible antenna system with a patterned antenna body constructed from a highly elastic first material plated with a conductive second material, allowing the antenna to bend through tight luminal bends and recover, combined with adjustable parameters to control ablation zone size and shape.
Enables precise tissue ablation by maintaining flexibility and recoverability, allowing controlled ablation zone size and shape adjustment, suitable for minimally invasive procedures.