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Patent No.:

US 12508095 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2023

Backup latch release for surgical instrument

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventor:

Gregory W. Dachs, Ii, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Jones Robb, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Tan-Uyen T Ho

Assistant Examiner:

Cherie M Poland

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 1/00142 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 46/40 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00172 (2013.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49817 (2015.01); Y10T 403/59 (2015.01);
Abstract

A surgical instrument that can include a proximal control mechanism that includes an opening through which a resilient latch arm is inserted into the proximal control mechanism and engages a locking surface of a fixed latch structure contained within the proximal control mechanism; means for receiving a release tool through an outer periphery of the proximal control mechanism and beyond the opening through which the resilient latch arm enters the proximal control mechanism, the means for receiving the release tool remaining uncovered when the resilient latch arm is attached to the fixed latch structure, and means for providing a fulcrum for the release tool on the outer periphery of the proximal control mechanism such that the release tool can release the surgical instrument by prying the resilient latch arm away from the locking surface of the fixed latch structure using the release tool as a lever.

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