Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: ““Field“The present disclosure relates to the field of medical procedures and devices.“Description of Related Art“Various medical procedures involve the use of one or more medical devices for accessing a targetanatomical site in a patient. In some instances, the improper use of certain devices when accessing the sitein connection with a procedure can adversely affect the health of the patient, the integrity of the medicaldevice(s), and/or the efficacy of the procedure.”In addition to obtaining background information on this patent application, NewsRx editors also obtainedthe inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “In some implementations, thepresent disclosure relates to a system comprising an instrument feeder device and control circuitry. Theinstrument feeder device is configured to couple to a drive output and includes an engagement assemblyconfigured to engage with an elongate shaft of a medical instrument. The control circuitry is configuredto cause the drive output to actuate the engagement assembly and determine a state of the engagementassembly based on at least one of an amount of force applied by the drive output or a position of the driveoutput.
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