Patents Assigned to ROBOCATH
  • Patent number: 11337764
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cassette comprising a sterile barrier. The sterile barrier comprises attachment brackets each attached to a drive member for driving an elongate flexible medical device, and flexible portions between two adjacent attachment brackets. The flexible portions are connected to the attachment brackets. The drive surfaces of the attachment brackets come into contact with the elongate flexible medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
  • Patent number: 11298198
    Abstract: A robotic module for driving an elongate flexible medical member includes: movable drive members alternately positioned in a drive configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently close together to be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, and in a free configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently far apart so as to no longer be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, a control member controlling movement of the movable drive members into the drive configuration in which the elongate flexible medical member is driven, and a reverse movement into the free configuration, a stress sensor measuring stress on at least one of the drive members, and a user interface linked to the stress sensor so as to receive the measured stress from the stress sensor and suitable for providing a signal representative of the measured stress to the user of the robotic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Bruno Fournier, Julien Maurel, Sébastien Deboeuf, Phillippe Bencteux
  • Publication number: 20220061933
    Abstract: The robotized module for actuating an elongated flexible medical device comprises a pair of actuation members that are either in an actuation configuration or in a free configuration. The pair of actuation members is movable between a first position and a second position. A control member acts in repeated cyclical manner to cause the actuation member, when in the actuation configuration, to move from the first position to the second position, and when in the free configuration, to move from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: S¿bastien Deboeuf, Bruno Fournier, Jacques Marignier, Ines Ouali, Philippe Bencteux, Fabien Destrebecq
  • Patent number: 11147950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a module including: a base; a first drive member; and a second drive member. The second drive member is also mounted so as to be movable relative to the first drive member, in a degree of freedom other than rotational about the second axis, between a first and a second configuration. A motion transmission system transmits the driving movement generated by the drive motor to the second drive member in order to rotate the second drive member about the second axis between the first and second configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Fabien Destrebecq, Julien Maurel, Sébastien Deboeuf, Philippe Bencteux
  • Patent number: 10695533
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robotic method for driving a catheter and a catheter guide, controlling a group of driving members and including: —a first operating mode in which the group of driving members moves the guide forward in translation; a second operating mode in which the group of driving members turns the guide about itself, the method also including a third operating mode in which the group of driving members simultaneously moves the guide forward in translation and turns the guide about itself, alternating between one direction and another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Sebastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
  • Patent number: 10653490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a movement transmission chain including: a base of a driving member for driving a movable element; and three actuators controlling the base of the driving member in three movement directions orthogonal to one another, by element of three interfaces with the base of the driving member, the mid-surfaces of the three interfaces intersecting in a central region of the base of the driving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Sebastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
  • Patent number: 10449007
    Abstract: The robot for arteriography comprises a fixed base and a movable receptacle. The receptacle comprises a recipient receiving an elongate flexible member. A drive system drives the receptacle relative to the base. The receptacle comprises a drive module rigidly connected to the elongate flexible member in translation in operational configuration of the robot. The drive module is actuated in order to generate a rotational movement of the elongate flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier, Julien Maurel, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
  • Patent number: 10149728
    Abstract: The invention concerns a module for guiding an elongate medical part along an elongation axis for a robotic system comprising: mobile apparatus mounted so as to rotate relative to a base about a rotational axis, and defining a space for receiving the elongate medical part, and comprising a rotational guiding system comprising a passage region for the elongate medical part corresponding to the location of the passage of the elongate medical part through the mobile apparatus, and a plurality of rotary guiding portions distributed about the rotational axis, and access aperture comprising an angular aperture of at least 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier
  • Patent number: 9770301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robotic module for driving a catheterization system, which includes a base and a movable element rotatably mounted, relative to the base, about a rotation axle. The movable element includes: a mounting having a surface for rotating about the axle, the rotating surface comprising an access opening; a transfer system including a fixed part supported by the base and a mobile part for translating the catheter, supported by the mounting, the mobile part having an access opening. The access opening of the mobile part is aligned with the access opening of the rotating surface, regardless of the relative orientation of the mounting and of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Robocath
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Rignier
  • Publication number: 20170239004
    Abstract: The invention concerns a module for guiding an elongate medical part along an elongation axis for a robotic system comprising: mobile apparatus mounted so as to rotate relative to a base about a rotational axis, and defining a space for receiving the elongate medical part, and comprising a rotational guiding system comprising a passage region for the elongate medical part corresponding to the location of the passage of the elongate medical part through the mobile apparatus, and a plurality of rotary guiding portions distributed about the rotational axis, and access aperture comprising an angular aperture of at least 30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier
  • Patent number: 9687304
    Abstract: The invention concerns a module for guiding an elongate medical part along an elongation axis for a robotic system comprising: mobile apparatus mounted so as to rotate relative to a base about a rotational axis, and defining a space for receiving the elongate medical part, and comprising a rotational guiding system comprising a passage region for the elongate medical part corresponding to the location of the passage of the elongate medical part through the mobile apparatus, and a plurality of rotary guiding portions distributed about the rotational axis, an access aperture comprising an angular aperture of at least 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier
  • Publication number: 20170156802
    Abstract: The robot for arteriography comprises a fixed base and a movable receptacle. The receptacle comprises a recipient receiving an elongate flexible member. A drive system drives the receptacle relative to the base. The receptacle comprises a drive module rigidly connected to the elongate flexible member in translation in operational configuration of the robot. The drive module is actuated in order to generate a rotational movement of the elongate flexible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier, Julien Maurel, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
  • Publication number: 20170151024
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cassette comprising a sterile barrier. The sterile barrier comprises attachment brackets each attached to a drive member for driving an elongate flexible medical device, and flexible portions between two adjacent attachment brackets. The flexible portions are connected to the attachment brackets. The drive surfaces of the attachment brackets come into contact with the elongate flexible medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
  • Patent number: 9636479
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical robot for guiding elongate flexible medical parts, comprising: a fixed base having an outer peripheral wall; a container which is movable relative to the fixed base by a degree of freedom of rotation, the container comprising an inner peripheral wall defining with the outer peripheral wall a first compartment; and the outer peripheral wall having an aperture which opens into the interior of the first compartment and via which the first elongate flexible part can be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier
  • Patent number: 9510912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module for driving a robotic catheterization system, comprising a base and mobile equipment that rotates in relation to the base about a rotational axis, and comprising a support receiving a flexible medical body; a device for driving in translation, suitable for generating a translation of said body in the main direction; a regulating device comprising a push element which is mobile in relation to the receiving space in a lateral adjustment direction perpendicular to the main direction; and a system for transferring motive energy comprising a control part carried by the base and a transmission part carried by the mobile equipment, the motive energy transfer system being suitable for moving the push element irrespective of the relative orientation of the mobile unit and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier
  • Patent number: 9192745
    Abstract: Module for driving an elongated flexible medical device in a first direction, comprising: a channel, on each side of the channel: a first and a second pulley comprising a drive surface, an elongated strip comprising a first face and an opposite second face, the first face cooperating with the drive surface of the pulleys, the second face cooperating with the flexible medical device, the strip being stretched by the pulleys with an elongated portion extending into the channel along the first direction, at least one of the pulleys being motorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Robocath
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier
  • Publication number: 20150327938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robotic module for driving a catheterization system, which includes a base and a movable element rotatably mounted, relative to the base, about a rotation axle. The movable element includes: a mounting having a surface for rotating about the axle, the rotating surface comprising an access opening; a transfer system including a fixed part supported by the base and a mobile part for translating the catheter, supported by the mounting, the mobile part having an access opening. The access opening of the mobile part is aligned with the access opening of the rotating surface, regardless of the relative orientation of the mounting and of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Rignier
  • Publication number: 20130172738
    Abstract: Module for driving an elongated flexible medical device in a first direction, comprising: a channel, on each side of the channel: a first and a second pulley comprising a drive surface, an elongated strip comprising a first face and an opposite second face, the first face cooperating with the drive surface of the pulleys, the second face cooperating with the flexible medical device, the strip being stretched by the pulleys with an elongated portion extending into the channel along the first direction, at least one of the pulleys being motorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Philippe Bencteux, Sebastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier