Instrument transmission converting roll to linear actuation

    公开(公告)号:US11592087B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US17400844

    申请日:2021-08-12

    Inventor: Ryan C. Abbott

    Abstract: A force transmission mechanism includes a chassis that supports a rotatable arm, which includes a slot. A rotatable lever is supported by the chassis. A protrusion at an end of the lever engages the slot. A sliding drive element is supported by the chassis. A proximal termination of the drive element engages a second end of the lever. The chassis may support an elongate tube with an end effector fixed to the tube. The drive element may extend through the elongate tube. The elongate tube may rotate relative to the chassis. The drive element may rotate in unison with the elongate tube with the proximal termination rotating relative to the fork. The drive element may be a tube that provides a fluid passage to the end effector. The lever may be a bell crank with arms at a right angle.

    Instrument transmission converting roll to linear actuation

    公开(公告)号:US11118661B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16271251

    申请日:2019-02-08

    Inventor: Ryan C. Abbott

    Abstract: A force transmission mechanism includes a chassis that supports a rotatable arm, which includes a slot. A rotatable lever is supported by the chassis. A protrusion at an end of the lever engages the slot. A sliding drive element is supported by the chassis. A proximal termination of the drive element engages a second end of the lever. The chassis may support an elongate tube with an end effector fixed to the tube. The drive element may extend through the elongate tube. The elongate tube may rotate relative to the chassis. The drive element may rotate in unison with the elongate tube with the proximal termination rotating relative to the fork. The drive element may be a tube that provides a fluid passage to the end effector. The lever may be a bell crank with arms at a right angle.

    ALIGNMENT OF A CONNECTOR INTERFACE
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230143152A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17908191

    申请日:2021-03-10

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3897 G02B6/3873 A61B34/74 A61B2017/00477

    Abstract: A floating optical fiber connector interface generally includes a retention bracket, a translating socket slidingly associated with the retention bracket, and a biasing element positioned between the retention bracket and the translating socket. A tab portion may permit translation of the translating socket with respect to the retention bracket, and an aperture configured to receive a carriage optical fiber connector. The translating socket may translate with respect to the retention bracket within a plane and may further translate in the insertion direction, and the biasing element may resist translation of the translating socket. An alignment plate may be configured to align an instrument interface for connection to a carriage, including a telescoping standoff operable to position the plate at a first position in which the plate is spaced apart from the carriage and to position the plate at a second position in which the plate is adjacent to the carriage.

    Jointed control platform
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11497567B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16269159

    申请日:2019-02-06

    Inventor: Ryan C. Abbott

    Abstract: A medical device having a force transmission mechanism that includes a chassis having a pivotal support that defines a first axis. An axle is supported by the pivotal support and is free to rotate around the first axis of rotation. The axle defines a second axis of rotation perpendicular to the first axis of rotation. A first control arm is coupled to a first end of the axle and is free to rotate around the second axis of rotation. A second control arm is coupled to an opposite second end of the axle and is free to rotate around the second axis of rotation independently of the first control arm. A distal component is coupled to an elongate tube that is coupled to the chassis. Four drive elements coupled to the control arms control motion of the distal component. In one implementation, the medical device is a teleoperated surgical instrument.

    GROUNDED VIRTUAL PORTAL FOR ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20250032206A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18784169

    申请日:2024-07-25

    Abstract: A grounded virtual portal to interface with a robotic medical system is provided. The system can include an input controller coupled to a first structure via a plurality of linkages. The first structure can be mechanically coupled to a base structure. The input controller can control an object of a medical environment. A head mounted display can be coupled to a second structure extending the base structure. The head mounted display can be configured to render an extended reality environment corresponding to the medical environment. A processor can establish a grounded reference frame for the input controller to be maintained in the extended reality environment rendered via the head mounted display, and configure, based on the plurality of linkages and the grounded reference frame, a force scaler function for bidirectional force delivery between the input controller and the object of the medical environment.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A KINEMATICALLY-CONTROLLED REMOTE CENTER MANIPULATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220175480A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17540396

    申请日:2021-12-02

    Abstract: A manipulator for articulating a surgical instrument may comprise an instrument holder configured to couple with the surgical instrument and to pivot about a remote center of motion. The manipulator may comprise a linkage assembly coupled to the instrument holder and configured to constrain rotational motion of the instrument holder to pivot about the remote center of motion. The linkage assembly may comprise a first, second, and third linkage arms. The second linkage arm may be rotatably coupled to the first linkage arm with a proximal end of the first linkage arm and a proximal end of the second linkage arm coupled at a proximal pivot joint. A third linkage arm may be translationally coupled to the second linkage arm. Movement of the second linkage arm and the third linkage arm may cause a distal end of the third linkage arm to trace an arc around the remote center of motion.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING STERILITY OF A COMPONENT USING A MOVABLE, STERILE VOLUME

    公开(公告)号:US20220160448A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17440349

    申请日:2020-03-20

    Abstract: A system includes a manipulator assembly and a shroud that defines a sterile volume. The manipulator assembly includes a sterile link or a non-sterile link covered by an external sterile cover, and the link is received into and withdrawn from the shroud's sterile volume. The outside of the shroud may be non-sterile while the shroud maintains its interior sterile volume, so that the link or external sterile cover remains sterile as it moves within the shroud's sterile volume. The shroud may then extend into a non-sterile field in a surgical environment, and the link or external sterile cover remains sterile as the link is moved from the non-sterile field into a sterile field for surgery. The shroud may be movable, it may mechanically support the manipulator assembly, and it may be coupled to a surgical table or to a unit separate from a surgical table.

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