Cooperative access hybrid procedures

US11723642B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cilag GmbH International · CH

Inventors

• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Charles J. Scheib · Loveland, US
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Alexander Tarek Hassan · San Francisco, US
• Travis Michael Schuh · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/10068
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of operating a surgical anchoring system can include inserting an outer sleeve of a surgical instrument at least partially into a first natural body lumen, the outer sleeve having a working channel. The method can include inserting a channel arm of the surgical instrument through the working channel of the outer sleeve and into a second natural body lumen. The channel arm has at least one first anchor member coupled thereto and a control actuator operatively coupled to the at least one first anchor member. The method can include expanding the at least one first anchor member from an unexpanded state to an expanded state to form an anchor point at a portion of the second natural body lumen. The method can include controlling, by the control actuator, a motion of the channel arm to selectively manipulate an organ associated with the first and second natural body lumens.