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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gabriel F. Brisson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Niels Smaby, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Melody Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method comprises driving, by a motor, a camshaft of a transmission of a telesurgically operated instrument to a first rotational state of a plurality of rotational states. The camshaft defines a longitudinal axis and rotates about the longitudinal axis. The method further comprises engaging, in the first rotational state, a first input gear of a first effector drivetrain of the transmission with a first gear of the first effector drivetrain via a first power cam of the camshaft. The method further comprises disengaging, in the first rotational state, a first locker arm of the first effector drivetrain from the first gear via a first locker cam of the camshaft.