Granted Patent
B2
US 12,311,173 · App. 18/661,059 · Granted May 27, 2025
Modular implant delivery and positioning system
Inventors:
Christopher Kaufmann (Iowa City, IA); Adam Hahn (Pittsburgh, PA); Allan Henslee (Houston, TX); Marlan Hansen (Solon, IA); Eric Timko (Wayzata, MN)
Assignee:
IotaMotion, Inc.
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Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for robotically assisted implantation of an implant in a patient. A system includes an external positioning unit configured to engage an elongate member of the implant, and a control console communicatively coupled to the external positioning unit. The control console may have a user interface that enables a user to input motion control instructions. The control console may generate a motion control signal, according to a specific motion control instruction, to control the external positioning unit to propel the implant into a target implant site. The system may be used to robotically control the delivery and positing of a cochlear implant during a hearing-preservation cochlear implant surgery.
Claims (31)
1. A system for implantation of an implant in a patient, the system comprising:
an external positioning unit including a coupling unit to engage at least a portion of an elongate member of the implant, and to robotically deliver and position the implant into a target implantation site;
an external motor enclosure including a drive motor to provide a rotational input to the external positioning unit; and
a flexible shaft connecting the external positioning unit and the external motor enclosure to deliver the rotational input from the external motor enclosure to the external positioning unit,
wherein the external motor enclosure is physically separated from the external positioning unit except for the connection via the flexible shaft.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external positioning unit is mountable to the patient adjacent an implantation site.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external positioning unit is a handheld device.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external motor enclosure includes control circuitry to control the drive motor and the external positioning unit.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the flexible shaft includes a flexible drive shaft and a communication cable linking the external positioning unit and the control circuitry.
6. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a user control device to provide control inputs to the control circuitry.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user control device includes a foot pedal.
8. The system of claim 4 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to control a rotational speed of the drive motor.
9. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a sensor to provide electrophysiological data in real-time to the control circuitry to enable closed-loop feedback-based positioning of the implant with the external positioning unit.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the electrophysiological data include electrocochleography (ECoG) data.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drive motor is configured to drive translational or rotational motion of the elongate member of the implant.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit includes at least two frictional surfaces configured to compressionally engage at least the portion of the elongate member of the implant.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit includes at least one of:
a leadscrew;
a clamp;
two or more rotors; or
a rack and pinion arrangement.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit includes adjustable couplers for reversible or interchangeable coupling between the external positioning unit and the elongate member.
15. A method for delivering and positioning an implant into a target implantation site in a patient using an external positioning unit, the method comprising:
engaging at least a portion of an elongate member of the implant into a coupling unit of the external positioning unit;
connecting the external positioning unit and a drive motor included in an external motor enclosure via a flexible shaft, wherein the external motor enclosure is separate and remote from the external positioning unit; and
providing a rotational input from the drive motor to the external positioning unit via the flexible shaft to facilitate positioning of the implant into the target implantation site.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising mounting the external positioning unit to the patient adjacent an implantation site.
17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising controlling the drive motor and the external positioning unit via control circuitry included in the external motor enclosure.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising providing control inputs to the control circuitry via a user control device including a foot pedal.
19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising collecting electrocochleography (ECoG) data using a sensor and providing the collected ECoG data in real-time to the control circuitry to enable closed-loop feedback-based positioning of the implant with the external positioning unit.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein engaging at least the portion of the elongate member into the coupling unit is through compression exerted by at least two frictional surfaces of the coupling unit.
Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE
Recorded Apr 23, 2026
From: IOTAMOTION INC.
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Reel/Frame 074449/0617 →
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Mar 3, 2026
From: IOTAMOTION, INC.
To: RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 073952/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Feb 11, 2025
From: KAUFMANN, CHRISTOPHER; HAHN, ADAM; HENSLEE, ALLAN; HANSEN, MARLAN; TIMKO, ERIC
To: IOTAMOTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 070176/0729 →
Continuity (7)
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