US 12,336,869 B2
Support system for treatment device
Jayant Bhawalkar, Auburndale, MA (US); Ryan Martin, Carlisle, MA (US); Patrick Shaughnessy, Boston, MA (US); Lewis Levine, Marlborough, MA (US); Andrew Ziegler, Arlington, MA (US); Michael Stephen Rafferty, Madison, WI (US); Andrew Jones, Cambridge, MA (US); Ryan Bayne, Cambridge, MA (US); and Zachary Michael Zlevor, La Grange Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Avava, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Avava, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/827,792.
Application 18/827,792 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2024/022822, filed on Apr. 3, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/458,560, filed on Apr. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0423754 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/50 (2016.02) [A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support system for a handpiece, comprising:
a boom assembly having a rigid anchor base and a flexible rod having proximal and distal ends, the flexible rod being pivotally secured at the proximal end thereof to the rigid anchor base, the flexible rod having a flexibility that increases from the proximal end to a distal end thereof; and
a connection assembly having a proximal end configured to couple to the distal end of the flexible rod and a distal end configured to couple to the handpiece, the connection assembly being configured to enable the handpiece to rotate in at least two degrees of freedom,
wherein the boom assembly is configured to support the connection assembly and the handpiece such that the connection assembly and the handpiece rest in a neutral position.