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Patent No.:

US 10780573 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2016

Surgical instrument housing, and related systems, and methods

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Dennis Vaders, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Jones Robb, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Vicky A Johnson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

A force transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument, which is configured to releasably engage with a drive interface device located at a patient side cart of a teleoperated surgical system, includes a housing. The housing is configured to cover one or more drive components of the force transmission mechanism. The housing includes a releasable coupling mechanism configured to releasably engage with the drive interface device. The housing and the releasable coupling mechanism are a monolithic construction.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Vaders, Dennis. (2020). Surgical instrument housing, and related systems, and methods (U.S. Patent No. 10780573). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10780573

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