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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan Charles Abbott, San Jose, CA (US);
John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Amy Kerdok, San Jose, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for minimally invasive computer-assisted telesurgery are described. A computer-assisted teleoperated surgery system includes a teleoperated instrument actuation pod. The surgical instrument actuation pod includes a plurality of linear actuators arranged around a surgical instrument. The linear actuators engage with actuator engagement members on the instrument and so drive movable parts on the instrument. The actuation pod is mounted on a teleoperated manipulator. Instrument pod mass is close to the teleoperated manipulator to minimize the pod's inertia, momentum, and gravity effects on the manipulator.