公开(公告)号：US11382493B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16813235

申请日：2020-03-09

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Bruce M. Schena

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  H01R13/631 ,  A61B18/00 ,  A61B34/00 ,  H01R13/629 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: An instrument connector comprises a housing, a first connector, and a second connector. The housing includes a proximal face at a proximal end of the instrument connector, and the proximal face is coincident with a reference plane. The first connector extends proximally away from the proximal face and includes a rod and a first interface for a first transmission channel. The rod is configured to mate with a first socket of a console connector. The second connector is recessed within the housing, includes a second interface for a second transmission channel, and is configured to mate with a second socket of the console connector. The proximal end of the second connector is distal to the reference plane. The rod is configured to engage with the first socket to at least partially align the second connector with the second socket before the second connector engages with the second socket.

公开(公告)号：US20220211450A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17575541

申请日：2022-01-13

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： GIUSEPPE MARIA PRISCO ,  Myriam J. Curet ,  Vincent Duindam ,  Catherine J. Mohr ,  Theodore W. Rogers ,  Katherine D. Stoy

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  G01B11/24 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/06 ,  A61B17/24 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G01D5/353 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/20

Abstract: A system comprises a teleoperated manipulator, a manually operated instrument, and a position sensor coupled to the manually operated instrument. The position sensor is configured to generate pose information for the manually operated instrument. The system further comprises a controller configured to map a pose of the manipulator to a fixed world reference frame based on three-dimensional pose information for the manipulator known internally within the system. The controller is further configured to map a pose of the manually operated instrument to the fixed world reference frame based on the pose information for the manually operated instrument.

公开(公告)号：US11376088B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16628958

申请日：2018-06-29

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Nicola Diolaiti

IPC: A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/35

Abstract: A haptic feedback method comprises providing a teleoperational control system including a first operational mode for operating a teleoperational instrument in response to movement of a control device in a first degree of freedom and a second operational mode for controlling a graphical user interface. The method also includes engaging the second operational mode of the teleoperational control system. While in the second operational mode, the method includes tracking movement of the control device of in a second degree of freedom, different from the first degree of freedom. While in the second operational mode and responsive to the movement of the control device in the second degree of freedom, the method includes applying, by a teleoperational control system, a first haptic force to the control device.

公开(公告)号：US20220202513A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17697560

申请日：2022-03-17

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Scott E. MANZO ,  Ralph WADENSWEILER ,  Ben SCHOETTGEN

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B18/14 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises a pair of jaw members comprising a first jaw member comprising a groove along a length portion of the first jaw member, the groove extending from a gripping surface of the first jaw member in a first direction, and a slot along the length portion of the first jaw member and extending from the groove in a second direction, the second direction being different than the first direction. The instrument further comprises a cutting element comprising a first edge engaged with the groove and translatable along the groove; and a retaining feature coupled to the first edge of the cutting element and engaged with the slot, the retaining feature remains engaged with the slot throughout a range of translation of the cutting element. The cutting element is translatable along the groove independently from a movement of the pair of jaw members between open and closed positions.

公开(公告)号：US20220191388A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17687449

申请日：2022-03-04

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Paul E. Lilagan ,  Wenyi Zhao

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: A method for intelligent manual adjustment of a manually rotatable focus control of a camera may comprise determining a depth value of a target area relative to the camera and determining a desirable focus adjustment according to a direction and an amount that a focal point of the camera is to be moved in order to coincide with the depth value of the target area. The method may also comprise assisting an operator of the manually rotatable focus control to the desirable focus adjustment by providing a haptic force on the manually rotatable focus control that decreases as the focal point of the camera moves toward the depth value of the target area and increases as the focal point of the camera moves away from the depth value of the target area.

公开(公告)号：US20220183781A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17685317

申请日：2022-03-02

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Paul GRIFFITHS ,  Paul MOHR ,  Nitish SWARUP ,  Michael COSTA ,  David LARKIN ,  Thomas COOPER ,  Michael HANUSCHIK

IPC: A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30

Abstract: Techniques for operating a kinematic structure by manual motion of a link coupled to the kinematic structure include a system having a kinematic structure configured to support an instrument and a processor. The processor is configured to place the system in a clutching mode; transition the system from the clutching mode to a set-up mode in response to detecting a joint operation of the kinematic structure; while in the set-up mode, determine an input displacement of a link from an initial positional relationship relative to a portion of the kinematic structure to a displaced positional relationship relative to the portion of the kinematic structure; and while in the set-up mode and in response to the determined input displacement, drive the kinematic structure so that the link returns toward the initial positional relationship relative to the portion of the kinematic structure.

公开(公告)号：US20220175230A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17678843

申请日：2022-02-23

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Nicola DIOLAITI

IPC: A61B1/045 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/313 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/05

Abstract: Techniques for multi-mode imaging device control include determining, by a controller, if an orientational mode command or a translational mode command is entered; in response to determining that the orientational mode command is entered, constraining, by the controller, movement of an imaging device so that a focal point of the imaging device moves along a concave virtual surface in response to translational movement of one or more input devices; and in response to determining that the translational mode command is entered, causing, by the controller, translational movement of the imaging device in a three-dimensional space in response to the translational movement of the one or more input devices.

公开(公告)号：US11350815B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US14795325

申请日：2015-07-09

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： Christopher A. Rothe ,  Juan Diego Perea ,  David Miller ,  Vahid Saadat ,  Zachary J. Malchano ,  Ruey-Feng Peh

IPC: A61B1/005 ,  A61M25/01 ,  A61M25/00

Abstract: A medical manipulation assembly comprises a catheter including distal and proximal steerable portions with working channels. The assembly further comprises a steerable sheath through which the steerable portions extend. A distal steering mechanism, including a first lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the catheter, bends the distal steerable portion. A proximal steering mechanism, including a second lumen extending along the axis and defined by a wall, bends the proximal steerable portion by rotational movement of the proximal steering mechanism independently of the distal steerable portion. The wall is rotatable about the axis. Distal pullwires extend between the distal steerable portion and the distal steering mechanism. Proximal pullwires extend between the proximal steerable portion and the proximal steering mechanism. The second lumen is axially aligned with an access lumen extending proximally from the proximal steering mechanism through which the distal and proximal working channels may receive a visualization instrument.

公开(公告)号：US20220171006A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17671004

申请日：2022-02-14

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： SERENA H. WONG

IPC: G01R33/385 ,  G01R33/34 ,  H01F27/28 ,  H01F6/06 ,  A61B18/18 ,  H01F5/00

Abstract: An energy delivery system comprises a transmission member and an antenna at a distal end of the transmission member. The antenna includes a first conductive arm, an insulator extending around the first conductive arm, and a second conductive arm. The second conductive arm includes a coil. The system also comprises a barrier layer surrounding the transmission member and antenna. The barrier layer extends from a proximal portion of the transmission member to a distal portion of the antenna. The system also comprises a jacket surrounding the barrier layer and forming a fluid channel for receipt of a cooling fluid.

公开(公告)号：US20220160436A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17666096

申请日：2022-02-07

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.

Inventor： VINCENT DUINDAM ,  Federico Barbagli ,  Timothy D. Soper ,  Tao Zhao ,  Caitlin Q. Donhowe

IPC: A61B34/20 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B5/06 ,  A61B1/267 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A method comprises tracking a set of optical fiducials positioned on a reference portion of a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes an elongated flexible body with a distal end and a rigid proximal body which includes the reference portion. The method further comprises receiving shape information from a shape sensor extending within the medical instrument between the reference portion and the distal end and determining a pose of a portion of the elongated flexible body with respect to the patient anatomy.