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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carolyn M. Fenech, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jason N. Stamatelaky, Milpitas, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A manipulator for a surgical instrument may comprise an instrument holder coupled with the surgical instrument and rotatable in a plane that passes through a remote center. The manipulator may also comprise a linkage assembly coupled to the instrument holder to limit motion of the instrument holder to rotation about an axis that intersects the remote center. The linkage assembly may comprise a first linkage arm comprising first and second pulleys. Each pulley may comprise first and second drive tracks which are substantially co-planar. The first linkage arm may also comprise a first drive member section extending between the first drive tracks of the pulleys and a second drive member section extending between the second drive tracks of the pulleys. The first drive member section may be wound around the first pulley in a first direction and the second drive member section may be wound around the first pulley in an opposite direction.