ARGON BEAM COAGULATION FLEX PROBE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

摘要

An argon beam coagulation probe for a robotic surgery system having a body with an argon gas entry port and an argon gas exit port and a pedestal interconnected to the underside of body that includes a pair of opposing arcuate channels that positioned equidistantly about the body. As a result, the argon gas jet exit port will be aligned equidistantly between the two fingers of a robotic arm and the body will be aligned in the same direction as the yaw axis of the robotic arm, so that argon gas will be expelled in the same direction that the fingers are pointing. A surgeon manipulating the robotic arms from the master control can thus easily align the probe based on the positioning of the robotic fingers and will still have the entire range of pitch, yaw, and roll movement of the robotic system.

主权项

1. An argon beam coagulation probe, comprising:
a body extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximate end having an argon gas entry port to a distal end having an argon gas exit port; a pedestal interconnected to the body and defining a pair of opposing channels positioned equidistantly from each other about the longitudinal axis.