Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Joseph Carbone

Mark Palmer

Craig Gotsill

Stefan Geiger

Timothy P Haines

Yifei Zha

Dong Han

Faris Elmasu

Seung Lee

Samuel Weaver

Shih Tao Chang

Francois De Martrin-Donos

Mason Umholtz

Russell LE Blanchard

Robert B Hubler

Russell L E Blanchard

Surgical system console

Medical equipment cart

Headset for surgical system console

Implementations relate to a spherical wheel drive and mounting. In some implementations, a wheel mechanism includes a spherical wheel, a base, and a rotary bearing coupled to the base and contacting a surface of the spherical wheel, where the rotary bearing configured to allow the spherical wheel to rotate. The wheel mechanism includes an omni wheel coupled to the base and engaged with a surface of the spherical wheel, and an actuator coupled to the base and to the omni wheel, where the actuator configured to rotate the omni wheel to cause rotation of the spherical wheel.

Spherical wheel drive and mounting

Implementations relate to a brake mechanism for a spherical wheel. In some implementations, a wheel mechanism includes a spherical wheel and a base coupled to the spherical wheel via a rotary bearing contacting a surface of the spherical wheel, where the rotary bearing is configured to allow the spherical wheel to rotate. The wheel mechanism includes a brake ring coupled to the base and configured to selectively engage and disengage the surface of the spherical wheel, where the brake ring provides friction opposing rotation of the spherical wheel when engaged.

Brake mechanism for spherical wheel

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Joseph Carbone