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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, Redwood City, CA (US);
John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A device management system can include a device comprising a drive assembly configured to removably couple with an instrument. The drive assembly can include a plurality of drive elements configured to cause movement of the instrument by driving a plurality of input elements of the instrument. A control system can include a processor configured select, for a first drive element of the plurality of drive elements, a first assignment from a plurality of assignments, the first assignment being available to at least two drive elements of the plurality of drive elements. The first assignment can be associated with a first pairing of the first drive element with a first input element of the plurality of input elements. The processor can be configured to cause the first drive element to adopt the first assignment.