US 12,029,447 B2
Laparoscopic surgery support system
Sang-Eun Song, Orlando, FL (US); Eric Barker, Orlando, FL (US); Israel Camacho, Apopka, FL (US); Tanner Drake, Orlando, FL (US); Immanuel Girgis, Wellington, FL (US); Matthew Hook, Land O Lakes, FL (US); Karina Thomas, Green Cove Springs, FL (US); and Alex Zaffos, Cooper City, FL (US)
Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,346, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393289 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laparoscopic surgery support system, comprising:
a plurality of ports configured to receive a trocar therethrough, wherein one or more of the plurality of ports include:
a body,
a trocar aperture defined through the body and configured to receive the trocar; and
a brake configured to hold the trocar in a position relative to the body, wherein the brake is configured to be selectively engaged and disengaged by a user, wherein the brake includes a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion configured to compress a portion of the trocar; and
a plurality of arms connecting the plurality of ports together and configured to allow fixation of a relative position of the plurality of ports.