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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffery Kirk, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Andrew Beckman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kenneth Miller, Aptos, CA (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for coupling a robotic surgical tool with a tool driver of a robotic surgical system via a sterile barrier disposed between the tool and the tool driver. The sterile barrier can have a housing configured to accommodate proximal portions of a plurality of actuation members of the tool driver when the sterile barrier is coupled to the tool driver. The housing can have at least partially disposed within it substantially cylindrical, longitudinally expandable bellows, each being configured to encompass and mate with a proximal portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of actuation members. In some cases, the sterile barrier can have a plurality of sterile barrier couplers each having a first portion configured to engage with an actuation member of a tool driver, and a second portion configured to engage with a tool actuation member of a surgical tool.