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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C. Nowlin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gary S. Guthart, Foster City, CA (US);
Robert G. Younge, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Craig Gerbi, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steven J. Blumenkranz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dean F. Hoornaert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/900 ;
Abstract
Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is artificially altered when grip members are near a closed configuration.
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