Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Active Electrosurgical Instrument And Protective Cap, Particularly For Medical-Surgical Teleoperation, And Related Robotic System

MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527101015 A) filed by Medical Microinstruments, Inc. on October 18, 2025, for Active Electrosurgical Instrument And Protective Cap, Particularly For Medical-Surgical Teleoperation, And Related Robotic System.

Inventors include Audino, Luca; Lazzari, Giorgio; and Simi, Massimiliano.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: Assembly (1) comprising an electrosurgical instrument (10) comprising a positioning shaft (13) having a distal portion (14), an articulating end (15) connected to the distal portion (14) of the shaft and comprising at least one tip (16; 17) of electrically conductive material having an elongated body forming a free end (18); a protective cap (20) fitted on the articulating end (15) of the electrosurgical instrument and comprising a body of electrically insulating material comprising a proximal opening (22) defined by a proximal opening edge (23) of the cap body, at least one distal opening (24; 25) defined by at least one distal opening edge (26; 27) of the cap; the at least one tip (16; 17) of the articulating end (15) is movable with respect to the positioning shaft (13) and is actuated by at least one actuation tendon (11); the at least one tip (16; 17) of the articulating end (15) comprises an actuation interface portion (19) for receiving the actuation action of said at least one actuation tendon (11); said actuation interface port ion (19) of the at least one tip (16; 17) is inside the protective cap (20); said at least one actuation tendon (11) is made at least partially of polymeric material; the body of the protective cap (20) is made of thermally insulating material; the free end (18) of said at least one tip (16; 17) of the articulating end (15) is exposed outside the protective cap (20); the body of the protective cap (20) is made of material impermeable to fluids and fumes; the at least one distal opening edge (26; 27) of the protective cap (20) is fitted with mechanical interference on the elongated body of said at least one tip (16; 17) of the electrosurgical instrument (10), resulting tight sealing adherent to the elongated body of the at least one tip (16; 17) of the electrosurgical instrument (10), for any operating configuration of the articulating end (15).

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