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Patent No.:

US 12232840 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2023

Surgical instrument steering inputs

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Grant M. Kadokura, San Diego, CA (US);

William A. McDonald, II, Sonora, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

JONES ROBB, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Vicky A Johnson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02);
Abstract

A surgical instrument includes an input device supported by a housing and coupled to a shaft. The input device comprises a drive shaft comprising a first bore, a capstan comprising a second bore, and a set screw coupling the capstan to the drive shaft. The set screw extends through at least a portion of the first bore of the drive shaft and the second bore of the capstan. The first bore of the drive shaft and the set screw are in threaded engagement with each other.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kadokura, Grant. (2025). Surgical instrument steering inputs (U.S. Patent No. 12232840). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12232840

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