US 11,730,517 B2
Robotic uterine manipulators with rollable sleeves
Scott J. Prior, Branford, CT (US); Arvind Rajagopalan Mohan, Dracut, MA (US); Nikolai D. Begg, Wellesley, MA (US); Kevin R. Slisz, Old Saybrook, CT (US); and Zachary Traina, Verona, NJ (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,504.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,390, filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353331 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/4241 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00238 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
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1. A uterine manipulator comprising:
an elongated shaft;
a colpotomy cup supported on the elongated shaft;
a distal shaft extending distally from the colpotomy cup to a distal tip; and
a rollable sleeve covering a distal end of the distal tip, wherein the rollable sleeve includes a body having a closed distal end portion supported on the distal tip of the distal shaft, and a movable proximal end portion extending proximally from the closed distal end portion.
 
10. A uterine manipulator system comprising:
a fluid source; and
a uterine manipulator coupled to the fluid source, the uterine manipulator including:
an elongated shaft;
a colpotomy cup supported on the elongated shaft;
a distal shaft extending distally from the colpotomy cup to a distal tip; and
a rollable sleeve covering a distal end of the distal tip, the rollable sleeve in fluid communication with the fluid source, wherein the rollable sleeve includes a body having a closed distal end portion supported on the distal tip of the distal shaft, and a movable proximal end portion extending proximally from the closed distal end portion.
 
18. A uterine manipulator, comprising:
an elongated shaft;
a colpotomy cup supported on the elongated shaft;
a distal shaft extending distally from the colpotomy cup to a distal tip; and
a rollable sleeve covering a distal end of the distal tip, wherein the rollable sleeve is movable from a first position in which the rollable sleeve has a first length and a second position in which the rollable sleeve has a second length.
 
19. A uterine manipulator system, comprising:
a fluid source; and
a uterine manipulator coupled to the fluid source, the uterine manipulator including:
an elongated shaft;
a colpotomy cup supported on the elongated shaft;
a distal shaft extending distally from the colpotomy cup to a distal tip; and
a rollable sleeve covering a distal end of the distal tip, the rollable sleeve in fluid communication with the fluid source, wherein the rollable sleeve is movable from a first position in which the rollable sleeve has a first length and a second position in which the rollable sleeve has a second length.