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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2020
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Andrew T. Beckman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Benjamin D. Dickerson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jason A. Hill, Loveland, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A robotic surgical tool for a robotic instrument driver that includes a handle having a first end, at least one spline rotatably coupled to the handle and extending proximally from the first end, a carriage movably mounted to the at least one spline and including a first layer and a second layer operatively coupled to the first layer. At least one spline extends through a portion of at least one of the first and second layers and the carriage translates along the at least one spline. The robotic surgical tool also includes an elongate shaft extending from the carriage and penetrating the first end, the shaft having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof and an activating mechanism coupled to one or both of the first and second layers and actuatable to operate a function of the end effector.