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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dominique Brichard, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter M. Herzlinger, Saratoga, CA (US);
David D. Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Klaus Zietlow, Piedmont, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An endoscopic system includes a shaft comprising a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a sensor system; a floating ground element electrically coupled to the sensor system; a power regulator electrically coupled to a power transmission line and to the floating ground element, the power regulator configured to convert ground-referenced power received from an earth ground referenced power source into floating ground element referenced power and to output the floating ground element referenced power through the power transmission line; and a circuit enclosure at least partially enclosing a transceiver circuit and the power regulator, the circuit enclosure being electrically coupled with the floating ground element.