公开(公告)号：US11432894B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16869421

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： John Ryan Steger ,  Grant M. Kadokura ,  Andrew C. Waterbury ,  Manuel Ahumada

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37

Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided that includes an elongated shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end; a cantilever beam is disposed at the distal end of the shaft; an optical fiber extends within a channel that extends within between proximal and distal portions of the cantilever beam; a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the proximal portion of the beam; a second FBG is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the distal portion of the beam.

公开(公告)号：US20190142536A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16192475

申请日：2018-11-15

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： John Ryan Steger ,  Grant M. Kadokura ,  Andrew C. Waterbury ,  Manuel Ahumada

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided that includes an elongated shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end; a cantilever beam is disposed at the distal end of the shaft; an optical fiber extends within a channel that extends within between proximal and distal portions of the cantilever beam; a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the proximal portion of the beam; a second FBG is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the distal portion of the beam.

公开(公告)号：US10675107B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US16192475

申请日：2018-11-15

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： John Ryan Steger ,  Grant M. Kadokura ,  Andrew C. Waterbury ,  Manuel Ahumada

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/37

Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided that includes an elongated shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end; a cantilever beam is disposed at the distal end of the shaft; an optical fiber extends within a channel that extends within between proximal and distal portions of the cantilever beam; a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the proximal portion of the beam; a second FBG is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the distal portion of the beam.

公开(公告)号：US20200261174A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16869421

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： John Ryan Steger ,  Grant M. Kadokura ,  Andrew C. Waterbury ,  Manuel Ahumada

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/20

Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided that includes an elongated shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end; a cantilever beam is disposed at the distal end of the shaft; an optical fiber extends within a channel that extends within between proximal and distal portions of the cantilever beam; a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the proximal portion of the beam; a second FBG is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the distal portion of the beam.