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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul J. Floyd, San Jose, CA (US);
Rosemary Cole, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christina J. Shuh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ralph Wadensweiler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Palmer, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an exemplary aspect, a tool for installing and/or removing a protective cover of an instrument includes a body portion having an open end and a closed end. The open end defines an interior passage that extends into the body portion along a longitudinal axis of the body portion toward the closed end of the body portion. The interior passage is configured to receive at least a portion of the protective cover in the interior passage. One or more members are connected to the body portion, and each of the one or more members includes a free end movable relative to the body portion. Systems and methods relate to tools for installing and/or removing protective covers of instruments.