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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Elizabeth Gayle Shields, Somerville, MA (US);
Chi Min Seow, Watertown, MA (US);
Jaimeen Kapadia, Cambridge, MA (US);
Eric J. Taylor, Southington, CT (US);
Richard S. Lech, Hamden, CT (US);
Mark Hamilton Macleod, Middlebury, CT (US);
Michael Zemlok, Prospect, CT (US);
Vipul Agarwal, Boston, MA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A robotic surgical system includes a surgical instrument defining a first longitudinal axis and a robotic surgical assembly defining a second longitudinal axis. The robotic surgical assembly includes an instrument drive unit configured for selectively receiving and driving the surgical instrument. The robotic surgical assembly defines a side opening having an insertion axis that is angled with respect to the second longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument is selectively insertable through the side opening to enable relative movement between the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis for selectively side-loading the surgical instrument into or out of engagement with the instrument drive unit.