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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Todd R. Solomon, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eugene F. Duval, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert E. Holop, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anthony K. McGrogan, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US);
Theodore W. Rogers, Alameda, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument manipulator and a robotic surgical system including an instrument manipulator are provided. In one embodiment, an instrument manipulator includes a plurality of independent actuator drive modules, each of the plurality of actuator drive modules including an actuator output, wherein each of the actuator outputs are configured to independently actuate a corresponding actuator input of a surgical instrument without force input from another actuator output. The instrument manipulator further includes a frame housing the plurality of independent actuator drive modules, the frame including a distal end from which each of the actuator outputs distally protrude for engaging the corresponding actuator inputs of the surgical instrument.