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Patent No.:

US 10363107 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018

Wireless force sensor on a distal portion of a surgical instrument and method

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Los Altos, CA (US);

Brett J. Lockyer, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundbrg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Aaron F Roane

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 90/10 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2929 (2013.01); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical instrument includes a distal portion. A force sensor is operatively mounted on the distal portion. The force sensor includes a wireless package, which wirelessly provides (1) identification information of the surgical instrument and (2) strain data related to the distal portion. A surgical end effector includes a jaw and the distal portion is on a non-contact portion of the jaw. The wireless package includes a surface acoustic wave strain sensor with identification information. The wireless package also includes a small folded antenna electrically coupled to the surface acoustic wave strain sensor with identification information. The identification information includes an identification of a type of surgical instrument and unique identification of the specific surgical instrument in the type of surgical instrument.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Blumenkranz, Stephen. (2019). Wireless force sensor on a distal portion of a surgical instrument and method (U.S. Patent No. 10363107). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10363107

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