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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Max L. Balter, Newton, MA (US);

Burak Yilmaz, Upton, MA (US);

William J. Peine, Ashland, MA (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/77 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a surgical robotic system includes a robotic arm having an instrument drive unit and a surgical instrument rotatable by the instrument drive unit about an instrument axis. The system also includes a surgical console including at least one handle controller having a handle rotatable about a handle axis and configured to receive a user input for moving the surgical instrument. The system further includes a controller configured to receive the user input and to instruct the robotic arm to flip the surgical instrument in response to the user input, wherein the user input is an angle of rotation of the handle about the handle axis that is less than an angle of rotation of the surgical instrument of about 180°.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Balter, Max. (2026). Methods and applications for flipping an instrument in a teleoperated surgical robotic system (U.S. Patent No. 12558182). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12558182

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