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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roman L. Devengenzo, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas G. Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Joseph P. Orban, III, Norwalk, CT (US);
Bruce Michael Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alan E. Loh, Los Altos, CA (US);
S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An instrument interface of a robotic manipulator and a surgical system including the instrument interface are provided. In one embodiment, the instrument interface includes a spring-loaded input for providing axial load and torque to a sterile adaptor capable of operably coupling an instrument. In another embodiment, a robotic surgical manipulator system includes a manipulator assembly, including a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator arm, and a carriage link movably coupled to the base link along a lengthwise axis, the carriage link including an integrated instrument interface. The system further includes an instrument operably coupled to the carriage link via the instrument interface, and a processor operably coupled to the manipulator assembly for sensing presence of the instrument.