US 12,268,361 B2
Imaging systems and methods of use
Andrew J. Hazelton, San Carlos, CA (US); Lucas S. Gordon, San Jose, CA (US); Candice Murray, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Randall L. Schlesinger, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,516.
Application 17/943,516 is a continuation of application No. 16/955,246, granted, now 11,478,138, previously published as PCT/US2018/054586, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/607,769, filed on Dec. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000326 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/005 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00062 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/12 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a catheter including a wall having an inner surface defining a main lumen; and
a device including:
an elongate flexible shaft configured to be slideably inserted within the main lumen; and
a structure coupled to an outer surface of the elongate flexible shaft, wherein the structure is configured to engage with a plurality of flat surfaces comprising a portion of the inner surface to prevent rotation of the elongate flexible shaft within the main lumen, wherein the structure includes an inner wall that engages with a portion of the outer surface of the elongate flexible shaft, the inner wall having a shape that makes up a portion of a circle.