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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert E. Holop, Santa Clara, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical system comprises a sterile adapter assembly comprising a mechanical surgical instrument removal lockout and a mechanical sterile adapter assembly removal lockout. The mechanical sterile adapter assembly removal lockout is activated on a condition of a surgical instrument mounted in the sterile adapter assembly. The mechanical surgical instrument removal lockout is activated by a surgical instrument manipulator assembly on a condition of the surgical instrument being mounted in the sterile adapter assembly and movement of the surgical instrument manipulator assembly by a predetermined distance.