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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Charles Abbott, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Amy Kerdok, San Jose, CA (US);
Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, CA (US);
John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/00 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods for minimally invasive computer-assisted telesurgery are described. For example, this disclosure provides surgical instruments and instrument drive systems for computer-assisted tele-operated surgery that are structured and operated to negate the effects of cable stretch within the surgical instruments.