Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constraint mechanisms, systems, and methods
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Application No.: US16776753Application Date: 2020-01-30
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Publication No.: US11691299B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Grant M. Kadokura , Andrew C. Waterbury
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Jones Robb, PLLC
- Main IPC: B25J18/00
- IPC: B25J18/00 ; F16H19/00

Abstract:
A tool includes a transmission mechanism, a shaft rotatable relative to the transmission mechanism, and a stop mechanism associated with the shaft, the stop mechanism being transitionable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the shaft is free to rotate in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In the second state, the shaft is constrained from rotating in one of the first direction or the second direction by a defined first endpoint of a range of rotational motion of the shaft. Devices and methods relate to rotation stop mechanisms.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200246983A1 CONSTRAINT MECHANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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