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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David W. Weir, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Julie L. Berry, San Jose, CA (US);
Melissa D. Lippiatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel P. Saraliev, Soquel, CA (US);
Melody Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for reducing blade exposures include a computer-assisted device having one or more processors and a drive system comprising one or more drive units configured to be coupled to a cutting instrument. The one or more processors are configured to: measure, using one or more first sensors, a jaw angle between gripping jaws of the cutting instrument; measure, using one or more second sensors, a roll of a shaft of the cutting instrument; correct the jaw angle based on the roll of the shaft; determine a restriction on a cutting operation to be performed using the instrument based on the corrected jaw angle; and perform or prevent the cutting operation according to the restriction.