US 12,290,249 B2
Case-specific fluid management
Polly Charlene Ma, Fremont, CA (US); Alexander J. Teague, Elmhurst, IL (US); Toni Divic, Stanford, CA (US); Sarah Plewe, Redwood City, CA (US); and Mouslim M. Tatarkhanov, Castro Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,853, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330309 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system comprising:
a medical instrument assembly including an irrigation channel;
a robotic subsystem including one or more robotic manipulators configured to hold one or more components of the medical instrument assembly;
an irrigation source fluidly coupled to the medical instrument assembly;
an irrigation control subsystem configured to control a flow of fluid from the irrigation source to the medical instrument assembly; and
control circuitry configured to:
receive data indicating a pose of at least one of the one or more robotic manipulators or at least one of the one or more components of the medical instrument assembly;
determine an irrigation pressure limit based at least in part on the indicated pose of at least one of the one or more robotic manipulators or at least one of the one or more components of the medical instrument assembly; and
control the flow of fluid from the irrigation source to the medical instrument assembly in accordance with the irrigation pressure limit.