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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Grant M. Kadokura, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrew C. Waterbury, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manuel Ahumada, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided that includes an elongated shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end; a cantilever beam is disposed at the distal end of the shaft; an optical fiber extends within a channel that extends within between proximal and distal portions of the cantilever beam; a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the proximal portion of the beam; a second FBG is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the distal portion of the beam.