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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert S Breidenthal, Bolton, MA (US);
Richard Cyr, New Ipswich, NH (US);
David Chambers, Warren, MA (US);
Joseph N Forkey, Princeton, MA (US);
Robert N Ross, Gardner, MA (US);
Brian E Volk, Jefferson, MA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); G02B 7/025 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract
An opto-mechanical assembly including a housing and an internally supported optical element, such as a lens, mounted along an axis. At least one of the housing and optical element includes a radially extending chamber. Adhesive disposed in the chamber interacts with the housing and the optical element to prevent axial motion between the optical element and housing.