Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact needle manipulator for targeted interventions
- Patent Title (中): 紧凑的针头操纵器,用于有针对性的干预
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Application No.: US13767856Application Date: 2013-02-14
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Publication No.: US09314926B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: David W. Bailey , Simon P. DiMaio , Tao Zhao , Lawton N. Verner , Alan E. Loh , Jonathan Sorger , Bruce Michael Schena
- 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
- Main IPC: A61B19/00
- IPC: A61B19/00 ; B25J11/00 ; B25J5/02 ; B25J9/10 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B17/34

Abstract:
Embodiments of an instrument manipulator are disclosed. An instrument manipulator can include a track; a translational carriage coupled to ride along the track; a shoulder yaw joint coupled to the translational carriage; a shoulder pitch joint coupled to the shoulder yaw joint, the shoulder pith joint including an arm, a wrist mount coupled to the arm, struts coupled between the wrist mount and the shoulder yaw joint, and a shoulder pitch mechanism coupled to the arm; a yaw-pitch-roll wrist coupled to the wrist mount, the yaw-pitch-roll wrist including a yaw joint and a differentially driven pitch-roll joint; and an instrument mount coupled to the wrist. The various joints and carriages can be driven by motors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130209208A1 COMPACT NEEDLE MANIPULATOR FOR TARGETED INTERVENTIONS Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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