US 12,262,971 B2
One-operator surgical system and methods of use
Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, San Francisco, CA (US); and Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to LEVITA MAGNETICS INTERNATIONAL CORP., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Levita Magnetics International Corp., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/008,976.
Application 16/008,976 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/012628, filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/276,752, filed on Jan. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0296289 A1, Oct. 18, 2018
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/73 (2016.02) [A61B 1/00042 (2022.02); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00203 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2929 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0257 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A system for manipulating tissue, comprising:
an intracavity device configured to be advanced through an access site into a body cavity of a patient;
an external magnetic positioning device configured to magnetically couple to the intracavity device through a body cavity wall, the external magnetic positioning device comprising a force sensor configured to measure a contact force of the external magnetic positioning device on an external surface of the body cavity wall;
a controller comprising a processor and memory, the controller configured to receive the contact force from the force sensor to control a position of the external magnetic positioning device; and
a display coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display, the display comprising a touch surface configured to receive a control signal via operator contact to control a function of the intracavity device within the body cavity.