United States
US 12,697,166 B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for identifying instruments in laparoscopic and other minimally invasive surgery
US 12,697,166 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: Individual. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- Individual
- Inventors
- John Craig Collins
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2019-07-15
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,166 B2 · US12697166 · 12697166
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for identifying surgical instruments, e.g., MIS instruments, including a shaft including a proximal end and a distal end sized for introduction into a patient's body, a tool tip on the distal end including an end effector, and a handpiece or connector on the proximal end. One or more identifier members may be provided on the proximal end and/or distal end of the shaft, on the handpiece, and/or on the tool tip to identify one of a type and a class of the end effector.…
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