US 12,127,798 B2
Uterine manipulator including position sensor
Scott J. Prior, Branford, CT (US); Nikolai Begg, Wellesley, MA (US); Arvind Rajagopalan Mohan, Dracut, MA (US); Kevin R. Slisz, Old Saybrook, CT (US); and Zachary Traina, Verona, NJ (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/192,532.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,021, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275257 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/4241 (2013.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00287 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4225 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3912 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3941 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A uterine manipulator, comprising:
a housing;
a shaft extending distally from the housing;
an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end portion of the shaft, the end effector assembly including a cervical cup and a uterine manipulating tip portion extending distally from the cervical cup;
a position sensor supported by the cervical cup, the position sensor configured to identify a location of the cervical cup; and
at least one magnet supported by the cervical cup, the at least one magnet configured to attract a metal surgical tool to identify the location of the cervical cup.