An aspiration clot retrieval catheter to have profiled guidewire for deliverability that transitions at a proximal joint to a distal tubular section with a lumen for directing aspiration and facilitating the smooth passage of other products in performing mechanical thrombectomy procedures. The joint can have a low-profile proximal strut formed integrally with the distal tubular section and configured to interlock with a distal portion of the guidewire so that there is a smooth transition of stiffness between the guidewire and the tubular portion of the catheter to improve trackability and decrease the likelihood of kinking. The distal tubular section of the proximal joint can also have features to tailor flexibility. The distal tubular section can be configured to push radially outward to form a seal with an outer catheter to optimize aspiration transmission to the distal mouth of the aspiration clot retrieval catheter.

The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.

A surgical assembly for use with a robotic arm includes an outer housing configured to be selectively coupled to a robotic arm, a power pack disposed within the outer housing, and an electric motor operably coupled to the power pack. The outer housing has a supercapacitor attached to an inner surface of the outer housing. The power pack is configured to non-rotatably couple to a surgical instrument such that the surgical instrument and power pack are configured to rotate together. The supercapacitor is in electric communication with the electric motor and configured to supply a direct current to the electric motor to generate a braking torque during a power loss.

In accordance with some embodiments of the invention there is provided an acoustic mirror (200, 600, 700, 800), including an ultrasound beam deflecting surface (306) and a base couplable to an ultrasound catheter (102) comprising an ultrasound beam emitting surface (104). When the acoustic mirror is mounted on the ultrasound catheter the deflecting surface is angled in relation to ultrasound beam emitting surface and configured to (i) at least partially interfere with a path of propagation of an ultrasound beam mitted from the emitting surface and (ii) deflect the ultrasound beam impinging on the deflecting surface. Other embodiments are also described.

Implantable biosensors and methods of making and using such biosensors are disclosed. The biosensors can be micro-devices, for example, micro-sized bead implants having an associated gyroscope, accelerometer and/or magnetometer to detect and transmit changes in the position of the biosensor following implantation. The biosensors can be implanted into a subject’s bone and/or a subject’s prosthesis to detect, for example, changes in position or orientation of a prosthetic implant that can indicate loosening or potential onset of structural failures. Devices for implantation of biosensors, e.g., kinematic sensors, into bone are also disclosed as well as methods and systems for measuring or monitoring physiological kinematics.

A surgical system according to one or more embodiments may include: manipulators respectively supporting an endoscope and first and second surgical instruments; a remote control apparatus including a display device, a first operation handle for right hand to operate the first surgical instrument, and a second operation handle for left hand to operate the second surgical instrument; and a control apparatus. The control apparatus may display, on the display device, a graphical user interface, overlapped with the image captured by the endoscope, the graphical user interface including a first area that displays information on the first surgical instrument to be operated by the first operation handle, a second area that displays information on the second surgical instrument to be operated by the second operation handle, and a third area that displays information on the endoscope, which are arranged side by side in order from right to left.

An adjustment compliance device and systems and methods for use with an external fixator are disclosed. The adjustment compliance device can be attached to a strut of an external fixator and may include at least one indicator element to indicate adjustment parameters for an active step of an adjustment process for the external fixator. The adjustment parameters may include an active strut and/or a direction of adjustment for the strut. The adjustment compliance device may receive the adjustment parameters from a user device. The at least one indicator element may include a light element operative to emit light in a color corresponding to the active strut. The at least one indicator element may include a light element configured to indicate a direction of rotation of the active strut. As a result, a patient can more effectively comply with an adjustment prescription, thereby improving the likelihood of successful bone alignment.

An attachment for a drill includes an inner housing configured to be coupled to the drill. The attachment also includes an outer housing positioned at least partially around the inner housing. The attachment also includes a vertical guide coupled to or integral with the inner housing. The attachment also includes a horizontal guide coupled to or integral with the outer housing. The attachment also includes a guide adapter configured to move along the vertical guide and the horizontal guide. The inner housing and the vertical guide are configured to move vertically with respect to the outer housing and the guide adapter, and the inner housing and the guide adapter are configured to move laterally with respect to the horizontal guide and the outer housing.

The present invention relates to MIS robotic control terminal and robot system, wherein the system comprises: a master manipulator handle, for driving at least one slave manipulator coupled thereto; a display-and-control portion, for controlling the master manipulator handle and the at least one slave manipulator coupled to the master manipulator handle; and a foot-operated clutch portion, for breaking signal communication between the master and slave manipulators; in which when a human operator uses the display-and-control portion to establish signal communication between the master manipulator handle and any said slave manipulator, the display-and-control portion is at least capable of according to types of instruments on two said slave manipulators that are currently in communicative connection to master manipulator handles that are different from each other, respectively, defining a moving space of any said slave manipulator in a corresponding surgical area by means of calling movement schemes corresponding to the types of the instruments. The present invention is highly integrated, compact, easy to be understood, and highly human-machine interactive, making the surgical process safe and efficient; and the operator can move freely and flexibly, which can relieve the operator from fatigue.

A surgical system comprises an articulated mechanical arm comprising arm segments connected serially by arm joints that flex and rotate, and first and second input-devices. The second input-device comprises a handle configurable to be oriented in any orientation in an x-y-z space, and the handle comprises segment members and joint members corresponding to the arm segments and arm joints of the arm. The arm joints can be actuatable by, and have the same degrees of freedom as, the handle joint member. A method of using the surgical system includes retroflecting the arm, transitioning control of the arm from the first input device to the second input device, and performing a surgical action, during which a displacement vector or a reorientation arc of the handle member through the x-y-z space is translated to a corresponding displacement vector or corresponding reorientation arc of the end effector in the same x-y-z space.