Patent ID: 11925427
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 15:
16. A computerized system configured to manufacture articulated surgical devices, said system comprising:
At least one computer processor and computer memory, said computer memory comprising surgical device pathway data describing one or more structural dimensions of a patient's body lumen or other internal body passage;
said computer memory also comprising target location data describing at least one target location in said patient's body, and its location relative to said surgical device pathway data;
said computer memory also comprising articulated surgical device design parameters, said articulated surgical device comprising a plurality of connected units, one or more of said units having any of variable diameters and lengths;
said plurality of said units further comprising at least one movable joint, and configured to move about at least one axis;
said at least one computer processor configured to use said surgical device pathway data, at least one said target location data, and said articulated surgical device design parameters to automatically design a patient customized articulated surgical device configured to traverse a pathway between an entry point on said patient's body lumen or other internal body passage, along said patient's body lumen or other internal body passage, and to said at least one target location;
wherein said system further comprises automatic fabrication equipment configured to use said design to automatically fabricate at least portions of said articulated device.