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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Cmr Surgical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Steven James Randle, Warwick, GB;
CMR Surgical Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A surgical robotic component comprising an articulated terminal portion, the terminal portion comprising: a distal segment having an attachment for a surgical tool; a basal segment for attaching the terminal portion to the remainder of the surgical robotic component; and an intermediate compound joint between the distal segment and the basal segment, the intermediate compound joint permitting relative rotation of the distal segment and the basal segment about first, second and third axes; the terminal portion being arranged such that, in at least one configuration of the intermediate compound joint: (i) the axial direction of the basal segment is parallel to the axial direction of the distal segment, and (ii) the first, second and third axes are transverse to the axial directions of the basal and distal segments.