LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICES WITH ARTICULATING END EFFECTORS

Methods and devices are provided for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided that includes an elongate shaft having an end effector at a distal end thereof. The end effector can be configured to be movable between a first configuration in which the end effector is longitudinally aligned with or linear relative to the shaft and a second configuration in which the end effector is articulated at an angle beyond 45 degrees relative to the shaft. With the end effector in the first configuration or in the second configuration, the device can be configured to allow selective actuation of the end effector.

BENDABLE SHAFT FOR HANDLE POSITIONING

Devices and related methods are disclosed that generally involve elongate surgical instruments that include at least one bendable region to allow the instrument to be bent for improved triangulation, visualization, comfort, and/or maneuverability. In one aspect, a surgical device is provided that includes an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle coupled to the proximal end of the elongate body, and an end effector having movable jaws, the end effector being coupled to the distal end of the elongate body. The elongate body includes at least one non-resilient bendable region.

Compound angle laparoscopic methods and devices

Methods and devices are provided for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided that include an elongate shaft having a distal portion configured to be movable between a first configuration in which the distal portion of the shaft is substantially straight or linear and a second configuration in which the distal portion of the shaft is articulated at a compound angle. The shaft's distal portion can include two articulation joints to facilitate formation of the compound angle.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MONITORING, RECORDING, PROCESSING, ATTACHING DYNAMIC, CONTEXTUAL AND ACCESSIBLE ACTIVE LINKS AND PRESENTING OF PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL ACTIVITIES, ACTIONS, LOCATIONS, LOGS, LIFE STREAM, BEHAVIOR AND STATUS

A system and method for dynamically monitoring, tracking, storing, processing & presenting physical or digital activities, actions, locations, behavior & status with dynamically attached active links is described. A method includes system, method, protocol, service, platform, and framework for dynamically monitoring, tracking, storing, determining, & processing user(s)' or any types of entities' physical or digital filtered activities, actions, interactions, responses, events, transactions, life stream, locations, behavior, movement, environment, status, states & conditions from one or more filtered sources and dynamically presenting said action or activity or status or log item(s) with dynamically attached active links to determined receivers, wherein said active links enables user to access action item specific functionalities including any types of application, service, accessing, processing functionalities, take one or more actions on action item, communicate, collaborate, participate, provide services & responses, workflow and any types of application, service functionalities.

Managing runtime execution of applications on cloud computing systems

Instances of a same application execute on different respective hosts in a cloud computing environment. Instances of a monitor application are distributed to concurrently execute with each application instance on a host in the cloud environment, which provides user access to the application instances. The monitor application may be generated from a specification, which may define properties of the application/cloud to monitor and rules based on the properties. Each rule may have one or more conditions. Each monitor instance running on a host, monitors execution of the corresponding application instance on that host by obtaining from the host information regarding values of properties on the host per the application instance. Each monitor instance may evaluate the local host information or aggregate information collected from hosts running other instances of the monitor application, to repeatedly determine whether a rule condition has been violated. On violation, a user-specified handler is triggered.

System and method for determining proximity relative to a critical structure

A system for determining proximity of a surgical device relative to an anatomical structure includes at least one surgical device having a sensor assembly operably coupled to a processing unit. The sensor assembly is configured to transmit at least one electrical signal through the target anatomical structure to elicit a measurable response from the target anatomical structure. The processing unit is configured to calculate a signature property value of the target anatomical structure based on the measurable response and to determine proximity of the at least one surgical device relative to the target anatomical structure based on a comparison between the signature property value and at least one other signature property. An indicator is operably coupled to the processing unit and is configured to alert a user of the identified target anatomical structure based on the determined proximity.

Systems and methods for providing a single click access to enterprise, SAAS and cloud hosted application

The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of providing a user-selectable list of disparately hosted applications. A device intermediary to a client and one or more servers may receive a user request to access a list of applications published to the user. The device may communicate to the client the list of published applications available to the user, the list comprising graphical icons corresponding to disparately hosted applications, at least one graphical icon corresponding to a third-party hosted application of the disparately hosted applications, the third party hosted application served by a remote third-party server. The device may receive a selection from the user of the at least one graphical icon. The device may communicate, from the remote third party server to the client of the user, execution of the third party hosted application responsive to the selection by the user.

Laparoscopic devices with flexible actuation mechanisms

Methods and devices are provided for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided that includes an elongate shaft having an end effector at a distal end thereof. The end effector can be configured to be movable between a first configuration in which the end effector is longitudinally aligned with or linear relative to the shaft and a second configuration in which the end effector is articulated at an angle beyond 45 degrees relative to the shaft. With the end effector in the first configuration or in the second configuration, the device can be configured to allow selective actuation of the end effector.

Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses

Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector n space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and method for their use are also provided.

Systems and methods for thin-film deposition of metal oxides using excited nitrogen-oxygen species

The present invention relates to a process and system for depositing a thin film onto a substrate. One aspect of the invention is depositing a thin film metal oxide layer using atomic layer deposition (ALD).