US 11,944,400 B2
Robotic system for angioplasty and endoluminar surgery
Guido Danieli, Rende (IT); Ciro Indolfi, Catanzaro (IT); Salvatore De Rosa, Calvizzano (IT); Domenico Battaglia, Catanzaro (IT); Giovanni De Gaetano, Cosenza (IT); Gionata Fragomeni, Castrolibero (IT); Pasquale Francesco Greco, Carolei (IT); Gabriele Larocca, Polistena (IT); and Michele Perrelli, Polistena (IT)
Appl. No. 16/756,965
Filed by CALABRIAN HIGH TECH S.R.L., Rende (IT); Guido Danieli, Rende (IT); Ciro Indolfi, Catanzaro (IT); and Salvatore De Rosa, Calvizzano (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IT2018/050209
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/082224, PCT Pub. Date May 2, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017000114767 (IT), filed on Oct. 26, 2017; application No. 102017000151259 (IT), filed on Jan. 2, 2018; and application No. 102018000009380 (IT), filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196412 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/37 (2016.02) [A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic system for angioplasty and endoluminar surgery, comprising: a console, comprising joysticks and buttons;
an actuator for placement near a patient comprising at least three motors, the actuator configured to control three degrees of actuation of the at least three motors; and
a nose disposable element configured to come into contact with at least one of a catheter and a guide wire, thereby forcing rotation, advancement, and retrieval of the catheter or the guide wire within an artery or a vein of the patient;
wherein the console may be driven by the joysticks and the buttons to move the catheter or the guide wire;
wherein the actuator comprises at least three gears maintained coaxial by gears placed both externally and internally and separated by suitable bearings, of which a front one of the at least three gears holds the nose disposable element and a couple of bevel gears that are fixed to spur gears meshing with internal teeth of a second one and a third one of the at least three gears, and mesh with bevel gears of the nose disposable element such that turning the second one and the third one of the at least three gears will cause rotation of the bevel gears;
wherein, while rotating at a same speed, the at least three gears will rotate the nose disposable element but not the bevel gears; and
wherein the console is configured to compute and record amounts of the rotation, advancement, and retrieval.