- Patent Title: User initiated break-away clutching of a surgical mounting platform
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Application No.: US16022602Application Date: 2018-06-28
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Publication No.: US11432886B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Paul Griffiths , Paul Mohr , Nitish Swarup , Michael Hanuschik
- 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: Artegis Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B34/30
- IPC: A61B34/30 ; B25J9/16 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B90/50 ; A61B34/37 ; A61B34/35

Abstract:
Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include a robotic device. The robotic device includes a manipulator, a drive unit coupled to the manipulator, and a processor coupled with the drive unit. The processor is configured determine that a cannula is mounted to the manipulator and inhibit, using the drive unit, manual articulation of the manipulator in response to determining that the cannula is mounted to the manipulator. In some embodiments, the robotic device further includes a linkage. The processor is further configured to determine a manual effort against the manipulator; inhibit, using the drive unit, the manual articulation of the linkage in response to the manual effort being below an articulation threshold; and facilitate, using the drive unit and in response to not determining that the cannula is mounted to the manipulator, the manual articulation of the linkage in response to the manual effort exceeding the articulation threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180303565A1 USER INITIATED BREAK-AWAY CLUTCHING OF A SURGICAL MOUNTING PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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