Intuitive Surgical patent: medical apparatus optical sensing
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Intuitive Surgical patent: medical apparatus optical sensing
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Medical apparatus with optical sensing, and related devices and methods
Grant US12582429B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026
Assignee
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Inventors
Natalie Burkhard, John Ryan Steger
Abstract
A method comprises grasping material between a pair of jaw members of a medical instrument; sensing light transmitted from the material grasped between the pair of jaw members to a location exterior to the pair of jaw members; and altering a grasping force exerted by the pair of jaw members on the material being grasped based on the sensing of the light transmitted.
CPC Classifications
A61B 17/29 A61B 90/361 A61B 34/76 A61B 2090/0807 A61B 2017/00075 A61B 2017/00907 A61B 2017/2926
Filing Date
2022-10-31
Application No.
17977073
Claims
10
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