Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical instrument engagement process
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Application No.: US16664200Application Date: 2019-10-25
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Publication No.: US11744563B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Giuseppe Maria Prisco , Theodore W. Rogers , John Ryan Steger
- 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
- The original application number of the division: US13360395 2012.01.27
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B46/10 ; A61B34/20
Abstract:
A mechanical interface for a robotic medical instrument permits engagement of the instrument and a drive system without causing movement of an actuated portion of the instrument. An instrument interface can include a symmetrical, tapered or cylindrical projection on one of a medical instrument or a drive system and a complementary bore in the other of the drive system or the medical instrument. Symmetry of the projection and the bore allows the projection to be compression fit to the bore regardless of the rotation angle of the drive system relative to the medical instrument.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200054310A1 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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