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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Dan Sanchez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Darrin Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Oleg Svanidze, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Dan Sanchez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Darrin Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Oleg Svanidze, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Institute Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical robotic system with a handle assembly that is used to control a medical instrument. The handle assembly and medical instrument have five degrees of freedom. Five degrees of freedom may provide greater dexterity than medical robotic systems of the prior art with four or less degrees of freedom. Five degrees of freedom reduces the size and complexity of the instrument.