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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10952594 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2019

Segmented instrument having braking capabilities

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jay Gurusamy, San Jose, CA (US);

Carson Jay Shellenberger, Raleigh, NC (US);

Christopher A. Julian, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Joshua T. Oen, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Jones Robb, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Alexandra L Newton

Assistant Examiner:

Rynae Boler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0053 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/2736 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical instrument may comprise a plurality of links disposed in series along an axial direction. The plurality of links also may comprise a brake assembly comprise one or more first braking components coupled to a first link in the pair of adjacent links and one or more second braking components coupled to a second link in the pair of adjacent links. The one or more first braking components and the one or more second braking components may have an interleaved arrangement with each other. The braking assembly may be actuatable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, wherein the one or more first braking components and the one or more second braking components inhibit the pair of adjacent links from pivoting relative to one another in the engaged state of the brake assembly, and wherein the one or more first braking components and the one or more second braking components permit the pair of adjacent links pivoting relative to one another in the disengaged state of the brake assembly. The one or more first braking components and the one or more second braking components may be pressed together in the engaged state of the brake assembly.

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