Patent ID: 7125403

Claim:
A robotic surgical system for effecting a predetermined treatment of a target tissue at an internal surgical site within a patient body, the system comprising: a surgical accessory adapted for effecting the treatment; an accessory introducer having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the introducer insertable via an opening of the patient body into the patient body, wherein the accessory introducer includes a container having a door and a mechanism coupled with the door for remotely moving the door between an open position and a closed position from outside the internal surgical site, and the surgical accessory is provided in the container through the opening to the internal surgical site; and a robotic arm supporting a surgical tool, the surgical tool having an end effector suitable for insertion through a second opening of the patient body, the end effector coupleable with the surgical accessory within the internal surgical site so that the robot arm can manipulate the surgical accessory to direct the treatment to the target tissue.