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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gregory W. Dachs, II, San Francisco, CA (US);
Todd E. Murphy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William A. Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
William A. McDonald, II, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bruce Michael Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Minimally invasive surgical methods employ an offset drive shaft to actuate an end effector. A minimally invasive surgical method includes introducing an end effector to an internal surgical site. The end effector includes an end effector base that is coupled to the instrument shaft via a wrist. An end effector articulation mechanism is operated to reorient the end effector base relative to the instrument shaft. A surgical task is performed by operating a motor to rotate an offset drive shaft relative to the instrument shaft to actuate the end effector.