Lever actuated gimbal plate
    121.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10550918B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US14461320

    申请日:2014-08-15

    IPC分类号: F16H21/54 A61B1/005 A61B34/00

    摘要: A force transmission transmits forces received by three levers to an input gimbal plate having three support points. The input gimbal play may in turn transmit the force to a wrist assembly coupled to a surgical tool. A first gimbal support point is supported by a first lever having a fulcrum with one degree of rotational freedom. Second and third gimbal support points may be supported by second and third levers having fulcrums with two degrees of rotational freedom. These fulcrums may include a first axle coupled to the lever and a second axle that supports the first axle and provides the fulcrum for the supported lever. A spring may draw the second and third levers toward one another. The force transmission may include a parallelogram linkage that includes a rocker link pivotally coupled to the first lever and having a flat surface that supports the first gimbal support point.

    OFFSET REMOTE CENTER MANIPULATOR FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY

    公开(公告)号:US20200015919A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16577349

    申请日:2019-09-20

    IPC分类号: A61B34/00

    摘要: Medical, surgical, and/or robotic devices and systems often including offset remote center parallelogram manipulator linkage assemblies which constrains a position of a surgical instrument during minimally invasive robotic surgery are disclosed. The improved remote center manipulator linkage assembly advantageously enhances the range of instrument motion while at the same time reduces the overall complexity, size, and physical weight of the robotic surgical system.

    Direct pull surgical gripper
    124.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10512481B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US15157308

    申请日:2016-05-17

    发明人: Thomas G. Cooper

    摘要: A surgical end effector includes a clevis and two jaws rotatably coupled to the clevis. Each jaw includes a face that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the jaw. A rocking pin is pivotally supported by the clevis. The opposite ends of the rocking pin engage the faces of the jaws to constrain the jaws to have opposite motions around the axes of rotation of the jaws. The clevis may be coupled to an elongate shaft with wires extending through the shaft to provide an endoscopic instrument. The jaws may be opened and closed by pushing and pulling on the wires. A wire guide may support the wires in the shaft such that they are able to transmit a compressive force without buckling. The wires may carry electricity to the jaws for electrocautery.

    Instrument sterile adapter drive interface

    公开(公告)号:US10307213B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US14911510

    申请日:2014-08-14

    IPC分类号: F16H57/10 A61B34/30 A61B17/00

    摘要: A surgical system (200) includes a surgical instrument (260) that is sensitive to backlash that would adversely affect the transmission of controlled torque and position to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument (260) is coupled to motors in a surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) via a mechanical interface. The combination of the mechanical interface and surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) have low backlash, e.g., less than 0.7 degrees. The backlash is controlled in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240). From the drive output disk (545) in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly to the driven disk (964) of the surgical instrument, the mechanical interface has zero backlash for torque levels used in surgical procedures.

    Rotary input lever gimbal
    129.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09839439B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-12

    申请号:US14461322

    申请日:2014-08-15

    摘要: A force transmission transmits a force received by two rotational inputs to an output gimbal plate. Two capstans receive the rotational input. The capstans drive cables connected to three levers. A cable is connected directly from each of the capstans to one of two levers. Another cable is connected to both capstans and passes over a pulley rotatably coupled to the third lever. Each of three linkages has a first end coupled to one of the three levers and a second end coupled to the output gimbal plate. Rotation of each of the first and the second input capstans causes the three cables to move the three levers such that there is no net movement of the three seconds ends of the linkages with respect to the center of motion of the output gimbal plate. The output gimbal plate may orient a mechanically actuated surgical tool.