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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gregory W. Dachs, II, San Mateo, CA (US);
Bruce Michael Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Amir H. Chaghajerdi, San Jose, CA (US);
Niels Smaby, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tyler J. Morrissette, Niantic, CT (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument carriage provides control of a surgical instrument coupled to the instrument carriage. The instrument carriage includes a control surface that is coupled to the surgical instrument to provide the control. A detection pin having a first distal end that extends from the control surface is coupled to the instrument carriage. A sensor fixed relative to the instrument carriage detects a position of the detection pin. A carriage controller coupled to the sensor, provides a signal that indicates at least a first state and a second state responsive to a distance between the distal end of the detection pin and the control surface. The signal may indicate if an instrument sterile adapter is coupled to the control surface of the instrument carriage. A third state of the signal may indicate if a surgical instrument is coupled to the instrument sterile adapter.