Mounting teleoperated surgical arms
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsDaniel H. Gomez, John Ryan Steger
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Abstract
A medical device system includes: an auxiliary rail including a frame and a flange extending from the frame; and a surgical arm mounting device including a coupler and a surgical arm interface. The frame is configured to be mounted on a side rail of an operating table. The coupler includes a clamp for the flange of the auxiliary table rail. The clamp of the coupler has a first mechanical state in which the mounting device is fixed to the auxiliary rail and a second mechanical state in which the mounting device is translatable along the auxiliary rail. The surgical arm interface receives a mating mounting device interface of a surgical arm.
Claims22
A medical device system, comprising:
- an auxiliary rail comprising a frame and a flange extending from the frame;
- and
- a surgical arm mounting device comprising a coupler and a surgical arm interface;
- wherein the frame of the auxiliary rail is configured to be operatively coupled to a side rail of an operating table;
- wherein the coupler of the surgical arm mounting device comprises a clamp mounted to the flange of the auxiliary rail;
- wherein the clamp of the coupler has a first mechanical state in which the surgical arm mounting device is fixed to the auxiliary rail and a second mechanical state in which the surgical arm mounting device is supported by the auxiliary rail and translatable along the auxiliary rail;
- and
- wherein the surgical arm interface receives a mating mounting device interface of a surgical arm.
A method for mounting a teleoperated surgical arm to an operating table, the method comprising:
- coupling a frame of an auxiliary rail to a side rail of an operating table;
- coupling a mounting device to a flange extending from the frame of the auxiliary rail;
- and
- mating a teleoperated surgical arm to the mounting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.