US 11,723,642 B2
Cooperative access hybrid procedures
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US); Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); Alexander Tarek Hassan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Travis Michael Schuh, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zuf (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,980, filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098538 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0218 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
inserting an outer sleeve of a surgical instrument at least partially into a first natural body lumen, the outer sleeve having a working channel extending therethrough;
inserting at least one channel arm of the surgical instrument through the working channel of the outer sleeve and at least partially into a second natural body lumen that is in communication with the first natural body lumen, wherein the at least one channel arm has at least one first anchor member arranged at least partially on an outer surface of the at least one channel arm and at least one control actuator operatively coupled to the at least one first anchor member;
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; and
controlling, by the control actuator, a motion of the at least one channel arm to selectively manipulate an organ associated with the first and second natural body lumens.