Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Jointed link structures exhibiting preferential bending, and related methods
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Application No.: US14071163Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US09393000B2Publication Date: 2016-07-19
- Inventor: Caitlin Q. Donhowe
- 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: B25J17/00
- IPC: B25J17/00 ; B25J17/02 ; B25J18/00 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B19/00
Abstract:
In accordance with various exemplary embodiments of the present teachings, a surgical device can include a first pair of articulably coupled links, a second pair of articulably coupled links, and a tension member coupled to the first pair of links and the second pair of links such that altering tension in the tension member exerts a force tending to articulate the first pair of links and the second pair of links so as to bend the first pair of links and the second pair of links. The surgical device can be configured such that the first pair of links has a lower resistance to bending than the second pair of links upon altering the tension in the tension member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140058364A1 JOINTED LINK STRUCTURES EXHIBITING PREFERENTIAL BENDING, AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2014-02-27
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