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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:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Cavalier, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Luptak, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gregory W. Dachs, II, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02);
Abstract
Implementations relate to actuated grips for a controller. In some implementations, a controller includes a central member, a grip member coupled to the central member and moveable in a grip degree of freedom, a shaft coupled to the grip member, and an actuator coupled to the shaft and operative to output an actuator force on the shaft. The actuator force causes a grip force to be applied via the shaft to the grip member in the grip degree of freedom.