Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen
US11291515B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0253
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A compact robotic device for driving movement of two or more elongate surgical tools configured for a telescopic arrangement when said two or more elongate surgical tools are at least partially received within said device, the device comprising: a housing comprising walls which define an inner volume including at least two inner pathways for accommodating the two or more elongate surgical tools; the housing encasing: a plurality of motors, and two or more tool actuation assemblies configured at a position of each of the two or more inner pathways; the actuation assemblies driven by the plurality of motors and configured to operably contact an elongate surgical tool at least partially received in the inner pathway to at least one of advance, retract and/or roll said elongate surgical tool.
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