首页|Patent Application Titled 'Engagement Control Of Instrument Feeder Devices' Published Online (USPTO 20240001541)

Patent Application Titled 'Engagement Control Of Instrument Feeder Devices' Published Online (USPTO 20240001541)

扫码查看
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.

Emerging TechnologiesMachine LearningPatent ApplicationRoboticsRobots

2024

Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News

Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News

ISSN:
年,卷(期):2024.(Jan.22)