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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Meir Rosenberg, Newton, MA (US);
William J. Peine, Ashland, MA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electromechanical robotic surgical instrument is provided and includes a flexible shaft defining a lumen therethrough; an end effector pivotally supported by the flexible shaft; at least one cable translatably disposed within the lumen of the flexible shaft, wherein a distal end of each cable is operatively connected to the end effector to affect a movement of the end effector in response to translation of the at least one cable, wherein the at least one cable includes metrical markings along an outer surface thereof, which metrical markings are located adjacent to the end effector; and at least one linear encoder supported by the flexible shaft and being in operative registration with the metrical markings of a respective one of the at least one cable, wherein the at least one linear encoder is configured to measure changes in the metrical markings.