US 12,262,910 B2
Insertion guide
Ben Galili, Haifa (IL); Ofer Arnold, Ma'ale Tzviya (IL); Simon Sharon, Hof Carmel (IL); and Daniel Glozman, Kfar Adumim (IL)
Assigned to XACT ROBOTICS LTD., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by XACT ROBOTICS LTD., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,366.
Application 17/373,366 is a continuation of application No. 15/531,435, granted, now 11,083,488, previously published as PCT/IL2015/051158, filed on Nov. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/085,518, filed on Nov. 29, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346052 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3403 (2013.01) [A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 39/02 (2013.01); A61N 1/372 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3409 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for insertion of a medical tool toward a target in a body of a patient, the device comprising:
a guide member having an opening configured to allow passage of the medical tool therethrough, and wherein the opening comprises a constraining mechanism configured to be adjusted according to the dimensions of the medical tool;
two flexible strips connected to each other along at least a portion of their lengths and having a hollow central channel therebetween, the hollow central channel being configured to have the medical tool inserted therein;
two rollers disposed on opposite sides of the connected two flexible strips and configured to interact therewith such that counter-rotation of the two rollers causes the two flexible strips to move between the two rollers; and
a head element configured to have proximal regions of the two flexible strips and of the medical tool coupled thereto;
wherein upon the medical tool being inserted within the hollow central channel, the two flexible strips and the medical tool are coupled together at their proximal ends by means of the head element, such that counter-rotation of the two rollers in an appropriate direction results in advancement of the medical tool toward the target.