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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Travis Schuh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward J. Menard, San Carlos, CA (US);
Bruce R. Woodley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matthew Reagan Williams, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Spencer James Witte, Los Altos, CA (US);
Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is described that includes a surgical effector moving with N degrees of freedom for manipulation of objects at a surgical site during surgical procedures. The N degrees of freedom are manipulated by N+1 input controllers and a plurality of cables, the controllers and cables coupled to the surgical effector and configured to change the orientation of the surgical effector about the N degrees of freedom when actuated. In some embodiments, the N+1 input controllers and plurality of cables are further coupled to a pantograph, the pantograph configured to move in a reciprocal manner to the surgical effector when the input controllers and cables are actuated.