US 11,883,001 B2
Pressure test port contained within a body of surgical instrument
William Jason Culman, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Jaime G. Blackstad, San Jose, CA (US); Peter M. Herzlinger, Saratoga, CA (US); and Willard Curtis Lomax, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,110.
Application 17/936,110 is a continuation of application No. 16/317,698, granted, now 11,490,786, previously published as PCT/US2017/031592, filed on May 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/362,188, filed on Jul. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020532 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0011 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00131 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an image capture assembly;
an articulating assembly connected to the image capture assembly, the articulating assembly comprising a first disk, a second disk, an actuation cable having a distal end, and a fitting, the distal end of the actuation cable passing through a first opening in the second disk, the fitting being attached to the distal end of the actuation cable passing through the first opening in the second disk, the fitting being contained in a cavity formed by mating the first disk to the second disk; and
a central tube extending internal to and through the articulating assembly, including extending through a central opening in the first disk and a central opening in the second disk, wherein the actuation cable is external to the central tube, wherein the central tube defines an internal lumen, wherein the central tube is connected directly to the image capture assembly on one end such that a pressure-tight seal is formed to prevent leaks from the internal lumen of the central tube to an external environment, and wherein the first disk is connected directly to both the image capture assembly and an outside surface of the central tube to prevent leaks from the internal lumen of the central tube and the image capture assembly to the external environment.