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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul G. Griffiths, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alan W. Petersen, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Robinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nitish Swarup, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark W. Zimmer, Fremont, CA (US);
Alexander Makhlin, Chicago, IL (US);
Julio Santos-Munne, Glenview, IL (US);
Eric Faulring, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Thomas Moyer, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system includes at least one manipulator portion for holding a surgical instrument and a steering interface. The steering interface may include at least one sensor positioned to sense turning, fore, and aft forces exerted by a user to move the cart. The steering interface may further include a coupling mechanism to removably couple the steering interface with the patient side cart. The at least one sensor may be placed in signal communication with a drive control system of the patient side cart when the steering interface is in a coupled state with the patient side cart.