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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2024
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Richard Todd Hage, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Abstract
A variable stiffness end effector assembly for a medical robotic guidance system includes an end effector support and a tool insertion device disposed within and spaced apart from the end effector support. The assembly further includes a coupler coupling the tool insertion device within the end effector support. The coupler includes a first mode wherein the tool insertion device is rigidly coupled within the end effector support and second mode wherein the tool insertion device is compliantly coupled within the end effector support.
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