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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Michael Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Zabinski, Fremont, CA (US);
David Robinson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul G. Griffiths, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 3/04 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/2203 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 50/13 (2016.02);
Abstract
A patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system comprises a base, a manipulator portion extending from the base and configured to hold one or more surgical instruments, four wheels mounted to the base to permit movement of the cart, and a suspension system. The suspension system may be configured to transition the cart between a first state in which the cart behaves as a three-wheeled cart and a second state in which the cart behaves as a four-wheeled cart.