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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:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Jaime S. Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jaime S. Vargas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rigidizable linkage mechanism comprises a plurality of serially arranged links comprising a distal link and a link proximal to the distal link. The rigidizable linkage mechanism further comprises a cable that extends in a distal direction through the plurality of serially arranged links, extends around the distal link of the plurality of links, and in a proximal direction back through at least a portion of the plurality of links. A distal end of the cable is fixedly coupled to the link proximal to the distal link, and a proximal end of the cable is coupled to a rigidizing actuator.