公开(公告)号：US20200240861A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16827243

申请日：2020-03-23

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Christopher J. Hasser

IPC: G01L1/24 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/00

Abstract: In one embodiment, a force sensor apparatus is provided including a tube portion having a plurality of radial ribs and a strain gauge positioned over each of the plurality of radial ribs, a proximal end of the tube portion that operably couples to a shaft of a surgical instrument that operably couples to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, and a distal end of the tube portion that proximally couples to a wrist joint coupled to an end effector.

公开(公告)号：US20200077870A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16682940

申请日：2019-11-13

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey DiCarlo ,  Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Brian D. Hoffman ,  Geoff Richmond ,  Tao Zhao

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/235 ,  G06T7/90 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B1/06 ,  A61B90/30

Abstract: A system may control an illuminator to illuminate a surgical site with non-white light and control a camera to capture light reflected from the surgical site. The camera may separate the captured light into a plurality of color components. The plurality of color components may be captured by the camera as a plurality of sets of pixels of a frame in a video stream, and each set of the plurality of sets of pixels may be in a different color channel of the camera. The system may further control, based on color component characteristics of the light captured by the camera, the illuminator to configure the non-white light such that each color channel of the camera has an about equal response to the light captured by the camera for a subsequently captured frame in the video stream.

公开(公告)号：USD874656S1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US29648128

申请日：2018-05-18

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Designer： Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Robert B. Hubler ,  Timothy B. Hulford

公开(公告)号：US10512510B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US15538829

申请日：2015-12-18

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Stephen J. Blumenkranz

IPC: A61B34/20

Abstract: A medical system employs a sensing coil that includes a flexible core containing a magnetically permeable material and an electrical conductor wound around the flexible core. The electrical conductor may be wound in a manner that permits use of the sensing coil in a range of configurations from straight to bent with a minimum radius of curvature.

公开(公告)号：US20190269388A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-05

申请号：US16414690

申请日：2019-05-16

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Kwok Wai Au ,  Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Giuseppe Maria Prisco

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/00

Abstract: A medical instrument including a shaft and an actuated structure mounted at a distal end of the shaft can employ a pair of tendons connected to the actuated structure, extending down the shaft, and respectively wound around a capstan in opposite directions. A passive preload system may maintain minimum tensions in the tendons.

公开(公告)号：US10365295B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15727241

申请日：2017-10-06

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Lawton N. Verner

IPC: G01L1/22 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G01P15/093

Abstract: An accelerometer is included within the confined space and limited volume of a distal portion of a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes an end component, a joint coupled to the end component, a shaft coupled to the joint, and a force transducer and accelerometer apparatus. The force transducer and accelerometer apparatus is coupled between the joint and the shaft. The force transducer and accelerometer apparatus includes a force sensor and an accelerometer. The accelerometer includes an optic fiber having a Fiber Bragg Grating. Information acquired from the Fiber Bragg Grating is used to drive a vibro-tactile haptic feedback output device coupled to a master control arm surgeon grip.

公开(公告)号：US20190175290A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16272824

申请日：2019-02-11

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Lawton N. Verner ,  Stephen J. Blumenkranz

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/02 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61M39/06

Abstract: Embodiments of an actuated cannula seal are disclosed In some embodiments, a cannula seal includes a base portion that engages with a cannula; and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion, the sealing portion capable of engaging with an instrument shaft, the sealing portion capable of being actuated by an actuator so that the sealing portion is continually in motion relative to the instrument shaft. The actuation of the sealing portion can be accomplished by rotation or vibration of the sealing portion relative to the instrument shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20180271606A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15992030

申请日：2018-05-29

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Lawton N. Verner ,  Stephen J. Blumenkranz

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B17/02 ,  A61M39/06

CPC classification number: A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/0218 ,  A61B17/3462 ,  A61B2034/302 ,  A61M39/0693 ,  A61M2039/0626

Abstract: Embodiments of an actuated cannula seal are disclosed In some embodiments, a cannula seal includes a base portion that engages with a cannula; and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion, the sealing portion capable of engaging with an instrument shaft, the sealing portion capable of being actuated by an actuator so that the sealing portion is continually in motion relative to the instrument shaft. The actuation of the sealing portion can be accomplished by rotation or vibration of the sealing portion relative to the instrument shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20180193007A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15913602

申请日：2018-03-06

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Kwok Wai Au ,  Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Giuseppe Maria Prisco

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30

CPC classification number: A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B2034/715

Abstract: A medical instrument including a shaft and an actuated structure mounted at a distal end of the shaft can employ a pair of tendons connected to the actuated structure, extending down the shaft, and respectively wound around a capstan in opposite directions. A passive preload system may maintain minimum tensions in the tendons.

公开(公告)号：US20180185110A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15866858

申请日：2018-01-10

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Rajesh Kumar ,  Brian D. Hoffman ,  Giuseppe Maria Prisco ,  David Q. Larkin ,  William C. Nowlin ,  Frederic H. Moll ,  Stephen J. Blumenkranz ,  Gunter D. Niemeyer ,  J. Kenneth Salisbury, JR. ,  Yulun Wang ,  Modjtaba Ghodoussi ,  Darrin R. Uecker ,  James W. Wright ,  Amante A. Mangaser ,  Ranjan Mukherjee

IPC: A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  G09B23/28 ,  A61B1/00

CPC classification number: G09B23/28 ,  A61B1/00193 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/70 ,  A61B90/361 ,  A61B90/37 ,  A61B2017/00017 ,  Y10S901/16

Abstract: A multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures includes first and second master input devices, a first slave robotic mechanism, and at least one processor configured to generate a first slave command for the first slave robotic mechanism by switchably using one or both of a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user and a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user. To facilitate the collaboration or training, both first and second users communicate with each other through an audio system and see the minimally invasive surgery site on first and second displays respectively viewable by the first and second users.