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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Andrew T. Beckman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Eric N. Johnson, Maineville, OH (US);
Aren Calder Hill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yanan Huang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A robotic surgical tool comprises a handle having a first end and a second end, a lead screw and at least one spline extendable between the first and second ends of the handle, and a carriage movably mountable to the lead screw at a carriage nut. The carriage includes an elevator layer and one or more additional layers removably coupled to the elevator layer. An elongate shaft may be provided that extends distally from the one or more additional layers and penetrates the elevator layer and the first end when the one or more additional layers are coupled to the elevator layer. An end effector may be arranged at a distal end of the elongate shaft.