Patent ID: 11957382
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A system, comprising:
(a) an apparatus, comprising:
(i) a shaft including a distal shaft end, wherein at least a portion of the shaft defines a first axis,
(ii) a sleeve slidably coupled to the shaft, wherein the sleeve includes a distal sleeve end and proximal sleeve end,
(iii) a sleeve lock concentric with the shaft and rotatably secured to the proximal sleeve end;
(iv) a colpotomy cup fixedly secured to the distal sleeve end, and
(v) at least one articulatable finger extending distally from the distal shaft end, wherein the at least one articulatable finger is configured to articulate relative to the shaft between a first state in which the at least one articulatable finger extends substantially along the first axis and a second state in which the at least one articulatable finger extends at least partially along a second axis transverse to the first axis for manipulating an anatomical structure;

(b) at least one force sensor configured to detect a force acting upon the at least one articulatable finger, wherein the at least one force sensor is configured to generate at least one feedback signal based on the detected force; and
(c) a controller, wherein the controller is in operative communication with the at least one force sensor for receiving the at least one feedback signal from the at least one force sensor, wherein the controller is configured to monitor the manipulation of the anatomical structure by the at least one articulatable finger based on the at least one feedback signal.