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US 12,358,133 B2Granted
Robotic surgery system, method, and apparatus
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partneship
InventorsChristopher C. Langenfeld, Michael J. Slate, Prashant Bhat, Dirk A Van Der Merwe, David D. B. Cannan, Keith D. Violette
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Abstract
A force transmission system as part of a surgical system which may be configured to be a minimally invasive and/or computer assisted surgical system. Operation of the system may be controlled by transmission of a force from a first section to a second section of the system. The first section and the second section may be separated by a partition or a barrier. The first section may be a non-sterile section and the second section may be a sterile section of the surgical system.
Claims14
A surgical robot, comprising:
- a drive component having at least one drive element disposed therein;
- a motor assembly disposed within said drive component to operate the drive element, said motor assembly including:
- a motor;
- a gear
- head;
- a
- bearing;
- a manipulator operably coupled to said drive component and at least one drive element;
- a controller communicatively coupled to said drive component and said manipulator;
- and
- a load sensor disposed between said motor assembly and said drive element, said load sensor including:
- a compliant body that deforms at a first rate and a second rate, the compliant body having a compliant body first face and a compliant body second face;
- an insert having an insert first face and an adjustable spacer, said insert extending through the compliant body;
- a projection coupled to the compliant body;
- and
- an electrical component including at least one sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.