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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Sri International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Miller, Aptos, CA (US);
Thomas D. Egan, Marblehead, MA (US);
Thomas P. Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Arthur Maxwell Crittenden, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karen Shakespear Koenig, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 15/0286 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2938 (2013.01); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2034/306 (2016.02); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02); Y10S 901/29 (2013.01); Y10S 901/36 (2013.01); Y10S 901/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical tool includes a tool shaft, and end effector and a wrist that couples the end effector to the tool shaft. The tool includes a drive mechanism configured to effect movement of one or both of the wrist and the end effector in yaw and pitch via independent actuation of four independent cable ends of two or more independent cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist.