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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:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/246 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a force sensor apparatus is provided including a tube portion having a plurality of radial ribs and a strain gauge positioned over each of the plurality of radial ribs, a proximal end of the tube portion that operably couples to a shaft of a surgical instrument that operably couples to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, and a distal end of the tube portion that proximally couples to a wrist joint coupled to an end effector.