US 12,290,235 B2
Wireless laparoscopic device with gimballed camera
David Street, Medford, OR (US); Michael H. Freeman, Tulsa, OK (US); Jordan Boss, Tulsa, OK (US); Mitchael C. Freeman, Tulsa, OK (US); Steven Yeager, Tulsa, OK (US); Victoria McArtor, Tulsa, OK (US); Brian Santee, Tulsa, OK (US); and Montgomery H. F. Freeman, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Raytrx, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/944,995.
Application 17/944,995 is a continuation of application No. 17/473,689, filed on Sep. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,478,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,517, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172432 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00098 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A laparoscopic imaging apparatus comprising:
a handle subsystem;
a shaft extending outwardly from the handle subsystem between a proximal end opposite a distal end, wherein a longitudinal axis extends through the shaft, between the proximal and distal ends;
a trocar piercing tip coupled to the distal end of the shaft and movable between an open position and a closed position;
a first laparoscopic tool positioned within the shaft and extendable through the trocar piercing tip, the first laparoscopic tool rotatable about a first axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and including a camera sensor mounted to a camera gimbal assembly configured to rotate the camera sensor about a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis; and
a second laparoscopic tool positioned within the shaft and extendable through the trocar piercing tip;
wherein the handle subsystem includes a control handle configured for attachment and actuation of the first and second laparoscopic tools.