Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instrument with multiple articulation locks
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Application No.: US17527364Application Date: 2021-11-16
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Publication No.: US11998195B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Lewis R. Isbell, Jr.
- 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: Haynes & Boone, LLP.
- The original application number of the division: US14695661 2015.04.24
- Main IPC: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B90/50

Abstract:
An articulation tool includes proximal and distal links, an elongated shaft therebetween, and first and second locks. Movement of the proximal link about proximal first and second axes causes corresponding movement of the distal link about distal first and second axes. The first and second locks have unlocked configurations in which the proximal and distal links are movable with respect to the elongated shaft about the first axes, or the second axes, respectively, and locked configurations in which the proximal and distal links are held in a fixed orientation with respect to the elongated shaft about the first axes, or the second axes, respectively. Rotation of the elongated shaft while the first and second locks are in the locked configuration and the proximal and distal links are angled with respect to the elongated shaft causes the proximal and distal links to rotate about respective longitudinal axes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220071622A1 INSTRUMENT WITH MULTIPLE ARTICULATION LOCKS Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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