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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David W. Bailey, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Theodore W. Rogers, Alameda, CA (US);
Rumen Deyanov, Fremont, CA (US);
Ray Lathrop, Nashville, TN (US);
Gabriel Brisson, Albany, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical tool having an elongated shaft having a proximal end and distal end. A surgical end effector is located about the distal end. The surgical end effector has a plurality of effector mechanisms comprising a plurality of degree of freedoms. An effector body is located at the proximal end. The effector body includes a plurality of motor interfaces for driving the plurality of effector mechanisms. A transmission is coupled to the effector body.