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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adam Gold, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
David J. Danitz, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to surgical clamps and clamp devices that provide a handle-free surgical field and to methods of operating such clamps and clamp devices. Such methods may include moving a second rotating element relative to a first rotating element such that the rotational axis of the second rotating element is not parallel to the rotational axis of the first rotating element and rotating the first rotating element about the rotational axis of the first rotating element to cause rotation of the second rotating element about the rotational axis of the second rotating element. The rotation of the second rotating element causes translation of a first actuation element along the rotational axis of the second rotating element. The translation of the first actuation element causes pivotal motion of the first jaw portion towards the second jaw portion. Other methods and devices are provided.