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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2022
Titan Medical Inc., Toronto, CA;
Chad C. Walters, Apex, NC (US);
Kyle R. Millard, Youngsville, NC (US);
Perry A. Genova, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Titan Medical Inc., Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A foot pedal apparatus for use with a workstation operated by a seated user in controlling a robotic surgery system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a platform mountable to the workstation proximate a floor surface on which the workstation is located. The apparatus also includes a first pedal mounted on the platform and having an upwardly disposed actuation surface, and a second pedal mounted vertically elevated with respect to the first pedal and having an upwardly disposed actuation surface, the second pedal having at least a proximate portion vertically overlapping a distal portion of the first pedal such that the first and second pedals have a mounted depth in a direction away from the user that is less than a sum of the respective individual depths of the first and second pedals.