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Granted Patent B2
US 12,329,473 · App. 17/604,203 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Dynamically rigidizing composite medical structures

Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson (Burlingame, CA); Stephen J. Morris (Sunnyvale, CA); Garrett J. Gomes (San Mateo, CA); Adam S. Wigginton (Sunnyvale, CA); Mark C. Scheeff (San Francisco, CA); Charles S. Love (Santa Barbara, CA); Viet Anh Nguyen (Burlingame, CA); Elias Eletheriades (Redwood City, CA); Jonathan Sindler (Burlingame, CA); Francisco G. Lopez (San Francisco, CA); Andy C. Kiser (Presto, PA)
Assignee: Neptune Medical Inc.
A61B34/30A61M25/0113A61M25/09041A61B2017/00398A61B2034/301
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Patent No.
US 12,329,473
App. No.
17/604,203
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rigidizing device includes a plurality of layers and an inlet between the elongate flexible tube and the outer layer and configured to attach to a source of vacuum or pressure. The rigidizing device is configured to have a rigid configuration when vacuum or pressure is applied through the inlet and a flexible configuration when vacuum or pressure is not applied through the inlet.

Claims (20)

1. A robotic system, comprising:

a rigidizing first elongate cannula, wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula comprises one or more pullwires or cables extending within the first elongate cannula that are configured to steer a distal end of the rigidizing first elongate cannula;

a rigidizing second elongate cannula wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula is nested within the rigidizing second elongate cannula; and

a cassette attached to a proximal end of the rigidizing first elongate cannula, wherein the cassette comprises one or more disks configured to actuate the one or more pullwires or cables of the rigidizing first elongate cannula,

wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula is configured to rigidize with the application or release of vacuum or pressure to a wall of the rigidizing first elongate cannula.

2. The robotic system of claim 1 , further comprising a drive unit, further comprising a drive unit coupled to the cassette, wherein the drive unit is configured to advance and retract the rigidizing first elongate cannula relative to the rigidizing second elongate cannula.

3. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the cassette comprises a second one or more disks configured to rotate to advance and retract the rigidizing first elongate cannula relative to the rigidizing second elongate cannula.

4. The robotic system of claim 3 , wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula comprises a rack at a proximal end thereof, the rack configured to engage with the second one or more disks to advance and retract the rigidizing first elongate cannula relative to the rigidizing second elongate cannula.

5. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the cassette comprises an eccentric cam configured to actuate the vacuum or pressure.

6. The robotic system of claim 1 , further comprising a bellows configured to actuate the vacuum or pressure.

7. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula comprises a bladder layer adjacent to a plurality of strands, further wherein the cartridge is configured to apply or release vacuum or pressure to the rigidizing first elongate cannula to drive the bladder layer against the plurality of strands to rigidize the rigidizing first elongate cannula.

8. A robotic system, comprising:

a rigidizing first elongate cannula, wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula comprises one or more pullwires or cables extending within the first elongate cannula that are configured to steer a distal end of the rigidizing first elongate cannula, further wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula comprises a bladder layer adjacent to a plurality of strands;

a rigidizing second elongate cannula wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula is nested within the rigidizing second elongate cannula;

a cassette attached to a proximal end of the rigidizing first elongate cannula wherein the cassette comprises one or more disks configured to rotate to advance and retract the rigidizing first elongate cannula relative to the rigidizing second elongate cannula, further wherein the cartridge is configured to apply or release vacuum or pressure to the rigidizing first elongate cannula to drive the bladder layer against the plurality of strands to rigidize the rigidizing first elongate cannula.

9. The robotic system of claim 8 , further comprising a drive unit coupled to the cassette, wherein the drive unit is further configured to actuate a mechanism on the cassette to advance and retract the rigidizing first elongate cannula relative to the rigidizing second elongate cannula.

10. The robotic system of claim 8 , wherein the rigidizing first elongate cannula comprises a rack at a proximal end thereof, the rack configured to engage with the second one or more disks to advance and retract the outer elongate cannula relative to the inner elongate cannula.

11. The robotic system of claim 8 , wherein the rigidizing second elongate cannula further comprises a second bladder layer adjacent to a second plurality of stands and a second reinforced layer, wherein the rigidizing second elongate cannula is configured to rigidize with the application of vacuum or pressure to the bladder layer.

12. The robotic system of claim 8 , wherein the cassette comprises an eccentric cam.

13. The robotic system of claim 8 , wherein the cassette comprises a bellows.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2021
From: TILSON, ALEXANDER Q.; MORRIS, STEPHEN J.; GOMES, GARRETT J.; WIGGINTON, ADAM S.; SCHEEFF, MARK C.; LOVE, CHARLES S.; NGUYEN, VIET ANH; ELETHERIADES, ELIAS; SINDLER, JONATHAN; LOPEZ, FRANCISCO G.; KISER, ANDREW C.
To: NEPTUNE MEDICAL INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62854199 · May 29, 2019
Provisional Application 62835101 · Apr 17, 2019
Related Publication 20220323166A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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