US 12,484,982 B2
Bimanual neuroendoscopic robot
Pierre Dupont, Boston, MA (US); and Karl Price, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to The Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The Children's Hospital Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/154,577.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/965,399, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228296 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/71 (2016.02) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic device, comprising:
a support structure;
a robotic arm coupled to the support structure and having an internal working channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the robotic arm, wherein a shape of the robotic arm is robotically controlled to position and orient the distal end of the robotic arm about a surgical site;
a drive system coupled to the support structure; and
a tool module configured to detachably couple to the drive system, the tool module comprising:
an elongate tool configured to be advanced through the internal working channel to the surgical site at the distal end of the robotic arm and subsequently removed from the robotic arm without having to withdraw the robotic arm from the surgical site during a surgical procedure, and
a transmission configured to operatively connect the drive system and the elongate tool when the tool module is coupled with the drive system thereby providing for operation of the elongate tool by the drive system.