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US 11,628,024 B2Granted
Surgical robotic systems
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorJaimeen Kapadia
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Abstract
A surgical robotic system includes a robotic arm, an elongated slide coupled to the robotic arm, and an instrument drive unit coupled to a track defined by the slide. The instrument drive unit is configured to move along the track and includes a motor configured to interface with an electromechanical instrument to actuate functions of the electromechanical instrument. The slide is configured to rotate relative to the robotic arm about a longitudinal axis defined by the instrument drive unit.
Claims20
A surgical robotic system, comprising:
- a robotic arm;
- an elongated slide coupled to the robotic arm and defining a track, the elongated slide defining a longitudinal axis;
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- an instrument drive unit coupled to the track and configured to move along the track, the instrument drive unit including at least one motor configured to interface with an electromechanical instrument to actuate functions of the electromechanical instrument, wherein the slide is configured to rotate relative to the robotic arm about a longitudinal axis defined by the instrument drive unit, the longitudinal axis of the instrument drive unit being parallel with the longitudinal axis of the elongated slide.
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A surgical robotic system, comprising:
- an electromechanical instrument defining a central longitudinal axis along a length thereof and including:
- a housing;
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- a shaft extending distally from the housing;
- an elongated slide including a track, the track defining a longitudinal axis that is parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the electromechanical instrument;
- a coupling member rotatably supporting a distal end portion of the elongated slide;
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- an instrument drive unit including:
- a housing slidably coupled to the track of the elongated slide, the housing of the instrument drive unit having a proximal-facing surface configured to support a distal- facing surface of the housing of the electromechanical instrument;
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- at least one motor disposed in the housing of the instrument drive unit and configured to interface with a driven component of the electromechanical instrument to actuate functions of the electromechanical instrument, wherein the coupling member is configured to rotate the elongated slide, the instrument drive unit, and the electromechanical instrument about the central longitudinal axis of the electromechanical instrument.
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A surgical robotic system, comprising:
- an elongated slide having a track, the track defining a longitudinal axis;
- a coupling member rotatably supporting a distal end portion of the elongated slide;
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- an instrument drive unit coupled to the elongated slide and configured to move axially along the track, the instrument drive unit including at least one motor configured to interface with an electromechanical instrument to actuate functions of the electromechanical instrument, the instrument drive unit defining a longitudinal axis along a length thereof that is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the track of the elongated slide, wherein the coupling member is configured to rotate the elongated slide and the instrument drive unit about the longitudinal axis of the instrument drive unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.