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ENDOSCOPIC ROBOTIC CATHETER SYSTEM

  • US 20110015484A1
  • Filed: 07/16/2009
  • Published: 01/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A robotic catheter system, comprising:

  • a. a robotically steerable catheter instrument comprising a housing and an elongate flexible body, the elongate flexible body defining one or more instrument lumens longitudinally therethrough;

    b. an electromechanical instrument driver comprising a housing, a plurality of motors, and an instrument interface configured to removably engage the catheter instrument housing and transfer a plurality of steering actuations to the catheter instrument when engaged thereto;

    c. an elongate medical instrument slidably positioned through one of the one or more instrument lumens;

    d. an electromechanical device actuation assembly coupled to the proximal end of the elongate medical instrument and configured to actuate the medical instrument independently of steering actuations transferred to the robotically steerable catheter instrument; and

    e. a controller configured to operate the instrument driver and device actuation assembly to respectively steer the catheter instrument and actuate the elongate medical instrument subject to commands imparted by an operator to a master input device operably coupled to the controller.

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