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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182470 | Telescoping insertion axis of a robotic surgical system A telescopic insertion axis, a robotic surgical system including the telescopic insertion axis, and a method of instrument insertion are provided. In one embodiment, a telescopic insertion axis includes a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182469 | Surgical accessory clamp and method A surgical accessory clamp, method of use, and a robotic surgical system including the clamp are disclosed. A surgical accessory may be attached and removed from a manipulator arm during a surgical procedure without requiring the use of an intermediate sterile acces... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177776 | Independent surgical center A portable surgical tray unit can include a portable surgical tray for housing a processing unit, and that includes an opening extending entirely therethrough. The portable surgical tray unit can also include a plurality of instruments connected to the portable surg... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167873 | Center robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage for endoscopic camera A robotic arm including a parallel spherical five-bar linkage with a remote center of spherical rotation. The robotic arm movably supports an endoscopic camera. Two outboard links are pivotally coupled together. At least one of the two outboard links supports the en... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167872 | Center robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage for endoscopic camera A robotic arm including a parallel spherical five-bar linkage with a remote center of spherical rotation. The robotic arm movably supports an endoscopic camera. Two outboard links are pivotally coupled together. At least one of the two outboard links supports the en... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162926 | Robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage A robotic arm with a parallel spherical five-bar linkage having a ground link, two inboard links, and two outboard links. Each inboard link is coupled to the ground link at an axis of rotation and has an intermediate axis spaced apart from the axis of rotation. Each... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162925 | Robot for minimally invasive interventions Rather than trying to immobilize a living, moving organ to place the organ in the fixed frame of reference of a table-mounted robotic device, the present disclosure teaches mounting a robot in the moving frame of reference of the organ. That task can be accomplished... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157793 | Manipulator for medical use In a manipulator, an actuator block contains motors and rotary shafts extending from the motors. A working unit of the manipulator contains a connecting portion, attachable to and detachable from the actuator block. The connecting portion has pulleys connectable to ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152794 | Endoscopic instrument An endoscopic instrument includes a shank (2) having at least one guide channel (4, 4′) for a laser probe (8), and a flexible narrowing provided in a section of the guide channel (4) connecting to its distal end. The flexible narrowing ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142420 | Robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage A robotic arm with a parallel spherical five-bar linkage having a ground link, two inboard links, and two outboard links. Each inboard link is coupled to the ground link at an axis of rotation and has an intermediate axis spaced apart from the axis of rotation. Each... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142421 | Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated multi-disk wrist joint The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. A positively positionable multi-disk wrist mechanism includes a plurality of disks or ve... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137339 | Working mechanism and manipulator A working unit includes a gear body disposed forwardly of a tubular member around which a wire is wound and having a rotational axis disposed substantially parallel to the tubular member, and a first gear and a second gear for transmitting rotation of a gear body to... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123740 | Robotic apparatus A robotic apparatus has eight actuators (M0-M7) and a linkage (LINK 0-LINK 5) that actuates an end effector. Three serial macro freedoms have large ranges of motion and inertias. Four serial micro freedoms have small ranges of motion and ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118805 | Robot and manipulator A robot has a flexible power transmission member, an input rotation axis rotated by a power generation source, a driving link connected at both ends of the flexible power transmission member, which transmits a rotation torque of the input rotation axis to the flexib... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105319 | Hand-actuated articulating surgical tool A double cylinder system is disclosed, comprising at least one controller being adapted to transmit hydraulic control signals; at least one slave being in fluid communication with the controller and being configured to respond to the hydraulic control signals transm... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105320 | Methods for replaceable end-effector cartridges In one embodiment of the invention, a replaceable electrosurgical end effector cartridge is provided to couple to a mechanical wrist of a surgical instrument for a robotic surgical system. The replaceable electrosurgical end effector cartridge includes two end effec... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100891 | Medical appliance with magnetic adjustment apparatus A medical appliance with an adjustment apparatus, such that cleaning of the medical appliance, constructed with the adjustment apparatus, can be carried out reliably and simply. The medical appliance includes a first setting device disposed at an outer side on a hou... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8080004 | Laparoscopic surgical instrument A laparoscopic surgical instrument configured to be ergonomic and anthropometrically correct, the laparoscopic surgical instrument comprising: (a) an ergonomic handle configured to orient a hand of a surgeon in a functional position, the handle comprising a handle g... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075551 | Surgical coupling device The present invention relates to a surgical coupling device for detachably connecting a handpiece end to a portion of a surgical instrument, the handpiece end being provided with a recess into which a coupling portion of the instrument can be detachably slid, an int... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062288 | Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery Medical, surgical, and/or robotic devices and systems often including offset remote center parallelogram manipulator linkage assemblies which constrains a position of a surgical instrument during minimally invasive robotic surgery are disclosed. The improved remote ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057462 | Medical device control system A control system for allowing a user to control the orientation of a medical device or a medical instrument in a variety of directions. An actuator selectively tensions one or more control cables having ends secured at or adjacent a distal tip of the medical device ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048063 | Catheter having tri-axial force sensor A catheter for diagnosis or treatment of a vessel or organ is provided in which a flexible elongated body includes a tri-axial force sensor formed of a housing and a plurality of optical fibers associated with the housing that measure changes in the intensity of lig... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8021358 | Surgical tool kit A tool kit for interchanging tools within an at least partially closed area is provided. The tool kit includes at least one tool, each tool being preferably provided within a tubular housing, and adapted to pivot out from the tool kit so that they can be attached to... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016818 | Tactile amplification instrument and method of use The invention relates to a tool comprising a handle and a tip, which provides amplified tactile feedback to a user regarding the material with which the tip of the tool is in contact. In one embodiment, tactile feedback is provided to the user via the handle of the ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016819 | Protective cover for a surgical tool A cover that protects a tip of a surgical instrument. The tip can be placed within a housing of the cover. The housing has openings on each end that allow sterilization fluid to flow across the tip during an autoclave procedure. The tip can be placed on a handle of ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8007492 | Cannula for receiving surgical instruments A cannula (10) for receiving surgical instruments for performing a surgical procedure on a body includes a tubular structure (12) defining a passage (16) through which the surgical instruments are inserted into the body. The tubular structure ( | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002767 | Multifunctional handle for a medical robotic system A handle used to control movement of a medical instrument. The medical instrument may be coupled to a robotic arm that is connected to a controller. The medical instrument may have a plurality of functions such as wrist locking and motion scaling. One of the functio... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7985218 | Structure for receiving surgical instruments A structure for receiving surgical instruments for performing a surgical procedure on a body includes a passage through which the surgical instruments are inserted into the body. The passage has a proximal end and a distal end. An expandable portion enables an incre... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7981108 | Protective cover for a surgical tool A cover that protects a tip of a surgical instrument. The tip can be placed within a housing of the cover. The housing has openings on each end that allow sterilization fluid to flow across the tip during an autoclave procedure. The tip can be placed on a handle of ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981109 | System and method for a user interface Embodiments of systems and methods for an interface for providing a user with feedback are presented. Specifically, embodiments of such an interface may include a head-up display unit which is mounted on a microscope utilized by a user when performing a surgical pro... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967813 | Surgical instrument control and actuation Two or more telemanipulated surgical instruments are inserted through a guide tube. Each instrument has a transmission mechanism that transmits actuating forces from actuators to components of the instrument. The transmission mechanisms are arranged around an extend... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963957 | Visual indicator for electrosurgical instrument fields A device to visually indicate the presence of electric fields in electrosurgical apparatus, without the necessity of wiring or an electrical connection to the apparatus, to visually annunciate when an electrosurgical instrument is active is disclosed. This is to ale... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955323 | Instrument holder and method for a surgical instrument having a park position A surgical instrument holder has a head assembly and a drive spindle assembly. The head has a second coupling end with a coupling device and interface for receiving and holding a surgical instrument. The instrument is held by a releasable locking mechanism having a ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955322 | Wireless communication in a robotic surgical system In one embodiment, an insertion axis of a robotic manipulator is provided, the insertion axis including a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator arm, and a carriage link movably coupled to the base link along a lengthwise axis, the carriage link... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955320 | Precision spindle instrument holder for surgical instrument A surgical instrument holder (10) is made up of a head assembly (68) and a drive spindle assembly (42). The head assembly (68) has a shank (12) with a first driveable end (14) and second coupling end (16). The second ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955321 | Surgical operation apparatus and manipulator for use therein A top end portion of a medical manipulator has a surgical device accessible to a diseased area of a patient. In the manipulator, a pair of rolling members opposing to each other is provided. One of the pair of the rolling members is rolled by a flexible wire relativ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947034 | Flexible shaft extender and method of using same An extender for use in an electro-mechanical surgical system that includes a surgical attachment that may be detachably coupled to an electro-mechanical driver device via a flexible shaft. The extender is a substantially rigid extender that includes a proximal end t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947035 | Instrument for endoscope having pivotable offset portions An instrument for an endoscope includes a first insertion portion having an base end to which an operation section is connected; a first offset portion extending outward from an axis of the first insertion portion; a second insertion portion having a base end joined... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942868 | Surgical instrument with parallel motion mechanism A surgical instrument has a parallel motion mechanism coupled between an instrument body segment and the instrument's distal end. The parallel motion mechanism changes the end effector's position without changing the end effector's orientation. In an aspect of the i... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935106 | Treatment tool for endoscope In a forceps 1 of the present invention, an operating section 12 is provided with a main body 12 and a pair of slider sections 13 which advance and retract an operating wire 11 by relative closing-and-departing motions thereof; the... | 05/03/2011 |
