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Patent No.:

US 12193757 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2020

Variable height support structure

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventor:

Timothy D. Boucher, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Haynes & Boone, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Alfred J Wujciak

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); F16M 11/38 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); F16M 11/38 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00203 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2034/741 (2016.02); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02); F16M 2200/063 (2013.01); F16M 2200/068 (2013.01);
Abstract

A variable height support structure is provided. The variable height support structure can include a first support member, a second support member, a first expansion link, a second expansion link, and a third expansion link. The variable height support structure can selectively transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration along a longitudinal central axis that extends between the first support member and the second support member.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boucher, Timothy. (2025). Variable height support structure (U.S. Patent No. 12193757). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12193757

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