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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dennis Vaders, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
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.