Steerable catheter flexible robotic system for use with endoscopes

US Patent App. 16/652,968, 2020

Aaron Gunn, Michael Yip, Philip Weissbrod

Publisher Link: http://patents.google.com/patent/US20200281666A1/en

Abstract: A surgical arrangement includes an endoscope having an insertion tube with an imaging system disposed on its distal end and at least one instrument channel extending therethrough. A catheter subsystem of a steerable catheter robotic system is removably insertable into the instrument channel. The catheter subsystem includes a flexible outer sheath having a proximal end and a distal end. At least one flexible multi-lumen assembly extends through the outer sheath. The multi-lumen assembly has a proximal end and a distal end. A robotic instrument for performing a surgical procedure is operatively and removably attachable to the distal end of the multi-lumen assembly such that the robotic instrument is teleoperable

Gunn et al. (2020) Steerable catheter flexible robotic system for use with endoscopes, US Patent App. 16/652,968.