Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operating self-antagonistic drives of medical instruments
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Application No.: US16414690Application Date: 2019-05-16
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Publication No.: US10888306B2Publication Date: 2021-01-12
- Inventor: Samuel Kwok Wai Au , Stephen J. Blumenkranz , Giuseppe Maria Prisco
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/30
Abstract:
A medical instrument including a shaft and an actuated structure mounted at a distal end of the shaft can employ a pair of tendons connected to the actuated structure, extending down the shaft, and respectively wound around a capstan in opposite directions. A passive preload system may maintain minimum tensions in the tendons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190269388A1 OPERATING SELF-ANTAGONISTIC DRIVES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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