Patent ID: 11857277
Assignee: AURIS HEALTH, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A robotically controlled system comprising:
an instrument system including:
a first elongate member;
a second elongate member;
wherein the first elongate member and the second elongate member each have at least one articulation cable for bending the respective one of the first or second elongate members,
wherein the first elongate member has a greater number of articulation cables than the second elongate member,
wherein the first elongate member is capable of being articulated independently from the second elongate member,
wherein the second elongate member is positioned coaxially with the first elongate member,

a third elongate member that is positioned within the first elongate member and the second elongate member, wherein the third elongate member comprises:
a blunt distal tip configured to pierce a clot;
a clot cutter configured to reduce the clot to smaller particles; and
a distal guard configured to be robotically deployed distal to the clot to prevent the smaller particles of the clot from being distributed downstream in a patient; and

a retriever coupled to the second elongate member and configured to capture the clot and the smaller particles of the clot; and

an instrument drive system for driving the instrument system, wherein the instrument drive system comprises a first instrument driver for driving the first elongate member and a second instrument driver for driving the second elongate member.