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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul G. Griffiths, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Arjang M. Hourtash, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
David W. Robinson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nitish Swarup, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John W. Zabinski, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark W. Zimmer, Fremont, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A cart for supporting one or more instruments for a computer-assisted, remote procedure can include a base and a support structure extending from the base and adjustable to different configurations, the support structure being configured to support one or more instruments to perform a remote procedure. The cart can further include a steering interface configured to be grasped by a user and a sensor mechanism configured to detect a force applied to the steering interface. The cart also can include a drive system comprising a control module operably coupled to receive an input from the sensor mechanism in response to the force applied to the steering interface and information about a configuration of the support structure, the control module operably coupled to output a movement command based on the received input from the sensor mechanism and the information about the configuration of the support structure. A driven wheel may be mounted to the base and configured to impart wheeled motion to the cart in response to the movement command.