查看更多>>摘要:By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News – From Alexandria, Virginia, NewsRx jour nalists report that a patent by the inventors Bakos, Gregory J. (Mason, OH, US), Rector, Jason M. (Maineville, OH, US), Seow, Christopher Q. (Cincinnati, OH, US ), Zeiner, Mark S. (Mason, OH, US), filed on March 25, 2022, was published onlin e on September 10, 2024. The patent’s assignee for patent number 12082834 is Cilag GmbH International (Zu g, Switzerland). News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: “In some surgical settings, endoscopic surgical instruments may be preferred over traditional open surgical devices in order to make use of a smaller incision in the patient, which may reduce post-operative recovery tim e and complications. Some endoscopic surgical instruments may be suitable for pl acement of a distal end effector at a desired surgical site through the cannula of a trocar. These distal end effectors may engage tissue in a number of ways to achieve a diagnostic or therapeutic effect (e.g., endocutter, grasper, cutter, stapler, clip applier, access device, drug/gene therapy delivery device, and ene rgy delivery device using ultrasound, RF, laser, etc.). Endoscopic surgical inst ruments may include a shaft between the end effector and a handle portion, which is manipulated by the clinician. Such a shaft may enable insertion to a desired depth and rotation about the longitudinal axis of the shaft, thereby facilitati ng positioning of the end effector within the patient. Positioning of an end eff ector may be further facilitated through inclusion of one or more articulation j oints or features, enabling the end effector to be selectively articulated or ot herwise deflected relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft.