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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David W. Weir, San Carlos, CA (US);
Grant Duque, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Durant, Alameda, CA (US);
Patrick Flanagan, San Diego, CA (US);
Margaret M. Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
David W. Robinson, Los Altos, CA (US);
John W. Zabinski, Fremont, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating an end effector include an end effector for grasping a material, a drive system coupled to the end effector, and a processor. The processor is configured to use the drive system to grasp a material using the end effector, determine a grasping separation parameter of the end effector, determine, based on the determined grasping separation parameter, a prediction of success or failure in configuring the end effector for firing a staple through the material, and based on the determined grasping separation parameter, output an indicator of whether it is safe to proceed with stapling of the material grasped by the end effector.