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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David W. Bailey, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Simon P. DiMaio, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lawton N. Verner, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alan E. Loh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jonathan Sorger, Belmont, CA (US);
Bruce Michael Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an instrument manipulator are disclosed. An instrument manipulator can include a track; a translational carriage coupled to ride along the track; a shoulder yaw joint coupled to the translational carriage; a shoulder pitch joint coupled to the shoulder yaw joint, the shoulder pith joint including an arm, a wrist mount coupled to the arm, struts coupled between the wrist mount and the shoulder yaw joint, and a shoulder pitch mechanism coupled to the arm; a yaw-pitch-roll wrist coupled to the wrist mount, the yaw-pitch-roll wrist including a yaw joint and a differentially driven pitch-roll joint; and an instrument mount coupled to the wrist. The various joints and carriages can be driven by motors.