US 11,701,095 B2
Robotic surgical systems and methods of use thereof
Amanda H. Lennartz, Erie, CO (US); Kenlyn Bonn, Lakewood, CO (US); Tyler J. Bagrosky, Arvada, CO (US); and Michael B. Lyons, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/953,476.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/938,555, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153855 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00491 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61F 5/0083 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/005 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing bariatric surgery using a robotic surgical system, comprising:
positioning a gastrectomy device in a selected location in a stomach;
manually applying an adherent material to the stomach along a desired transection line;
emitting light from the gastrectomy device to render the adherent material visible to the robotic surgical system; and
cutting the stomach along the desired transection line delineated by the adherent material using a robotically-controlled surgical instrument.