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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Joseph P. Orban, Iii, Norwalk, CT (US);
S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roman Devengenzo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bruce M. Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Prindiville, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William A. Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Joseph P. Orban, III, Norwalk, CT (US);
S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roman Devengenzo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bruce M. Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Prindiville, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William A. Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic surgical system comprises a manipulator arm including a spring loaded input and a spring loaded plunger. The system also comprises a sterile adaptor. The sterile adaptor includes a housing, an electrical contact coupled to the housing, and a retractor plate assembly including a top retractor plate and a bottom retractor plate. The retractor plate assembly is movably disposed relative to the housing and adapted to engage the spring loaded plunger. The sterile adaptor also includes a disc captured between and rotatable relative to the top retractor plate and the bottom retractor plate. The disc has a first surface adapted to engage the spring loaded input and a second rotatable surface adapted to engage a surgical instrument in a sterile field.