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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Isabelle Heye, San Francisco, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument includes an elongate shaft, a counter-pivoting mechanism, and control cables. A first joint of the counter-pivoting mechanism, having a first link, is coupled to the elongate shaft, and a second joint, having a second link, is disposed distally of the first joint. An elongate tube is disposed between the first joint and the second joint. Constraint cables extend linearly between the first and second joints within first grooves formed in an outer surface the elongate tube. The control cables wrap helically around the elongate tube within second grooves formed in the outer surface. The joints are coupled by the constraint cables such that as the counter-pivoting mechanism is manipulated by the control cables, the first joint pivots in a first direction as the second joint pivots in an opposing second direction to maintain the first and second links in a parallel orientation.
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