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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Roman Devengenzo, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew Reagan Williams, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Stephen John Morfey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ricardo Alfonso León, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Metzger, Oakland, CA (US);
Karen Shakespear Koenig, San Jose, CA (US);
Vijay Soundararajan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable within a driving plane, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion wherein the adjustable pulley portion is rotatable relative to the base pulley portion within the driving plane, and a driving member including an end coupled to the adjustable pulley portion wherein at least a portion of the driving member is wrapped at least partially around the adjustable pulley portion. In another variation, a pulley arrangement includes a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis, an adjustable pulley portion coupled to the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis, and a sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion, wherein the sliding block moves in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.