US 12,279,757 B2
Carpal tunnel release surgical tool with wireless video capability
Rafael R. Bernal, Houston, TX (US); Marcos V. Masson, Houston, TX (US); and Yevgeny Shuhatovich, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Blue Ocean BBB, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/414,865
Filed by Blue Ocean BBB, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/024944
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/198465, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/824,816, filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054160 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/055 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/38 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 1/07 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00032 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); H04N 5/38 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical tool, comprising:
a housing comprising one or more housing portions, wherein the housing comprises a handle graspable by a surgeon, wherein the handle includes a trigger;
a cannula emanating from the housing and defining a first long axis, wherein the cannula is configured for insertion within a patient, wherein a distal end of the cannula comprises a blade tip assembly with a blade, wherein the blade tip assembly includes an optical window;
an actuator within the housing, wherein the actuator moves in a first direction responsive to depressing the trigger in the first direction and moves in a second opposite direction responsive to releasing the trigger in the second direction, wherein the first and second directions are parallel to the first axis;
at least one optical electronics module within the housing, where the at least one optical electronics module comprises one or more light emitters configured to provide illumination, and a camera;
an optical assembly within the housing having a proximal end coupled to the at least one optical electronics module and a distal end proximate to the optical window, wherein the optical assembly includes at least one first optical path configured to provide the illumination to the patient's tissue proximate to the optical window, and at least one second optical path configured to transmit images of the patient's tissue proximate to the optical window to the camera, wherein the at least one optical electronics module and the optical assembly are configured to move within the housing in the first direction when the trigger is depressed and in the second direction when the trigger is released;
a wireless transmitter and antenna within the housing, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit via the antenna the images received at the camera to a display; and
a battery within the housing configured to provide power to the light emitters, the camera, and the wireless transmitter.