End effector for a surgical robot
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorNeil R. Crawford
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Abstract
A translatable end effector for a surgical robot includes a pair of linkage arms, an anchor adapted to be mounted to an arm of the surgical robot and a tool holder connected to the anchor through the pair of arms. The hinges at the anchor are pivotally and slidably coupled to the pair of arms to allow the arms to pivot and slide relative to the anchor hinges. The tool holder is configured to hold a surgical tool and has a pair of hinges that pivotally couple to the ends of the linkage arms. The hinges and the linkage arms are configured such that a longitudinal trajectory defined by the surgical tool is maintained as the tool holder translates upwardly and downwardly relative to the surgical robot arm.
Claims20
A surgical robot comprising:
- a robot arm;
- an end-effector coupled to the robot arm;
- a first arm;
- a second arm;
- an anchor adapted to be mounted to the robot arm, the anchor pivotally coupled to the first arm and the second arm;
- a tool holder for holding a surgical tool pivotally coupled to the first arm and the second arm to provide movement of the surgical tool being held in the tool holder while maintaining an angular orientation of the surgical tool.
A surgical robot comprising:
- a robot arm;
- an end-effector coupled to the robot arm;
- a first arm;
- a second arm;
- an anchor adapted to be mounted to the robot arm, the anchor pivotally and slidably coupled to the first arm and the second arm to allow the first and second arms to pivot and slide relative to the anchor;
- a tool holder, for holding a surgical tool, pivotally coupled to the first arm and the second arm such that a longitudinal trajectory defined by the surgical tool is maintained as the tool holder translates upwardly and downwardly relative to the robot arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.