Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector device for a controllable instrument
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Application No.: US16928173Application Date: 2020-07-14
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Publication No.: US12076102B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Christopher A. Julian , Amir Belson , Aaron W. Brown , Mark Harasym , Marc S. Kreidler , Robert M. Ohline , Scott J. Reiner , Enrique Romo , Charles E. Swinehart , Katherine Whitin
- 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: JONES ROBB, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B34/00
- IPC: A61B34/00 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/005 ; A61B1/008 ; A61B1/31 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A medical instrument may comprise a first articulatable segment having a first diameter, and a second articulatable segment having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, wherein the second articulatable segment is coupled to the first articulatable segment and extends in a distal direction past the first articulatable segment. The instrument may also comprise a first force transmission element coupled to the first articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the first articulatable segment to a first connector portion, the first connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a first actuator, and a second force transmission element coupled to the second articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the second articulatable segment to a second connector portion, the second connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a second actuator. The first and second force transmission elements may be configured to transmit actuation forces, respectively, to articulate the first and second articulatable segments independently of one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210030260A1 CONNECTOR DEVICE FOR A CONTROLLABLE INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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