公开(公告)号：US10780573B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US15569643

申请日：2016-04-26

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Dennis Vaders

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/35 ,  B25J9/16 ,  A61B50/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  B25J15/00

Abstract: A force transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument, which is configured to releasably engage with a drive interface device located at a patient side cart of a teleoperated surgical system, includes a housing. The housing is configured to cover one or more drive components of the force transmission mechanism. The housing includes a releasable coupling mechanism configured to releasably engage with the drive interface device. The housing and the releasable coupling mechanism are a monolithic construction.