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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samuel Kwok Wai Au, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Calci, IT;
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02);
Abstract
A medical instrument including a shaft and an actuated structure mounted at a distal end of the shaft can employ a pair of tendons connected to the actuated structure, extending down the shaft, and respectively wound around a capstan in opposite directions. A passive preload system may maintain minimum tensions in the tendons.