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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2020
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David I. Moreira Ridsdale, Saratoga, CA (US);
Harsukhdeep S. Ratia, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Craig Tsuji, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhou Ye, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a chassis, an outer tube having a proximal end operably coupled to the chassis, and an inner tube extending within the outer tube. The inner tube has a proximal end operably coupled to the chassis to allow slidable movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube in response to a force imparted to a distal end of the inner tube, and such that frictional force imparted to an outer surface of the outer tube is not imparted to the inner member.