US 12,185,978 B2
Surgical system and method of use
Csaba Truckai, San Jose, CA (US); and John H. Shadduck, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Hermes Innovations, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Hermes Innovations, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,782.
Application 18/353,782 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/203,685, filed on Jul. 6, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/189,008, filed on Jul. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016520 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/4241 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00123 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of resecting tissue, comprising:
introducing a working end of a resecting device into an interior of a uterus of a patient, wherein the working end carries a cutter that is motor driven and a first component of a sensor system;
positioning a stretchable substrate around an outer surface of the uterus, wherein the stretchable substrate carries a second component of the sensor system;
wherein the first component and the second component of the sensor system are coupled to a controller configured to provide a signal when the cutter approaches a predetermined distance from the stretchable substrate around the outer surface of the uterus; and
resecting tissue with the cutter to remove a substantial volume of tissue from within the interior of the uterus and responsive to the signal, preventing the cutter from perforating the outer surface of the uterus to thereby prevent dispersion of potentially malignant tissue from the interior of the uterus.