Modular mainpulator support for robotic surgery
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsThomas G. Cooper, Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Gary S. Guthart, David J. Rosa
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Abstract
A robotic surgery system comprises a mounting base, a plurality of surgical instruments, and an articulate support assembly. Each instrument is insertable into a patient through an associated minimally invasive aperture to a desired internal surgical site. The articulate support assembly movably supports the instruments relative to the base. The support generally comprises an orienting platform, a platform linkage movably supporting the orienting platform relative to the base, and a plurality of manipulators mounted to the orienting platform, wherein each manipulator movably supports an associated instrument.
Claims27
A robotic surgery system comprising:
- an orienting platform;
- a platform linkage movably supporting the orienting platform, the orienting platform being rotatably coupled to the platform linkage;
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- a plurality of arms coupled to the orienting platform, each arm movably supporting an associated manipulator and including releasably fixable links and joints such that the arm is fixable in a plurality of configurations, each manipulator movably supporting a surgical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.