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Patent No.:

US 9889568 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014

Compact robotic wrist

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:

Cooley LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ashley Fishback

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kilroy, Pablo Eduardo Garcia. (2018). Compact robotic wrist (U.S. Patent No. 9889568). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9889568

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