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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:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Simon R. Grover, Cambridge, GB;
Charles F. Kilby, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Daniel L. Fuller, Haverhill, GB;
Alistair Ward, Swavesey, GB;
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2034/304 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical system for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an instrument drive unit, an instrument support platform coupled to the instrument drive unit, an instrument carriage coupled to the instrument support platform, and a surgical instrument releasably coupled to the instrument carriage. The surgical instrument includes an end effector controllable to perform surgery in response to telemanipulation of actuators in the instrument drive unit.