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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Zachary S. Heiliger, Lafayette, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/08 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/08 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for use in a robotic surgical system includes an end effector, a housing configured to be operably coupled to an instrument drive unit, a shaft extending distally from the housing, a tensegrity wrist assembly movably coupling the end effector to a distal end portion of the shaft, and articulation cables that adjust the pitch and yaw of the end effector relative to the shaft.
Heiliger, Zachary. (2026). Robotic surgical assemblies including surgical instruments having articulatable wrist assemblies (U.S. Patent No. 12617078). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12617078
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