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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cameron D. Hinman, Woodside, CA (US);
David J. Danitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical tool comprises a pair of opposing jaws moveable relative to each other between a closed position and first and second open positions. The opposing jaws remain substantially parallel to one another when moving between the closed position and the first open position and remain non-parallel to one another when moving between the first open position and the second open position.