Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Dean F Hoorneart

William A Burbank

Scott Osborne Luke

In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical connectors in the set-up arm to electrical connectors of the surgical robotic arm; and coincidentally mating male electrical connectors to female electrical connectors while finally mating the guide tabs in the set-up arm to flanges of a housing of the surgical robotic arm.

Growing community of inventors

Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Dean F Hoorneart