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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Natalie Burkhard, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method comprises grasping material between a pair of jaw members of a medical instrument; sensing light transmitted from the material grasped between the pair of jaw members to a location exterior to the pair of jaw members; and altering a grasping force exerted by the pair of jaw members on the material being grasped based on the sensing of the light transmitted.