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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2024
Medical Microinstruments, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Federico Montagnani, Pisa, IT;
Nicola Pineschi, Pisa, IT;
Emanuele Ruffaldi, Pisa, IT;
Andrea Pratesi, Pisa, IT;
Massimiliano Simi, Pisa, IT;
Alexander Richard Joseph, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Duncan Pidgeon, Cambridge, GB;
Samuel John Doyle, Cambridge, GB;
Benjamin David Hopkins, Cambridge, GB;
Niven Curtis-Woodcock, Cambridge, GB;
Shadi Bavar, Cambridge, GB;
MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An unconstrained master controller device for a robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation includes at least one wearable portion having a pair of wearable elements for the fingers of a surgeon and a control gripper for controlling at least one degree of freedom of a slave surgical instrument associable with the master controller device. The master controller device includes at least one internal degree of freedom of orientation which allows reorienting at least one wearable element of the pair.