Modular manipulator 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.
Claims15
A modular manipulator support for use in a robotic surgery system, the system comprising a mounting base, a plurality of surgical instruments, and a plurality of manipulators defining driven links and joints for moving an associated instrument so as to manipulate tissues, the support for movably supporting and positioning the manipulators relative to the base comprising:
- an orienting platform rotatably coupled to the mounting base;
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- a plurality of arms coupleable to the orienting platform, each arm movably supporting an associated manipulator and defining releasably fixable links and joints that are pre-configurable.
A robotic surgery system comprising:
- a ceiling-height mounting base;
- a plurality of surgical instruments;
- an articulate support assembly movably supporting the instruments relative to the base, the assembly comprising:
- an orienting platform coupleable to the base so as to permit the articulate support assembly to extend generally downward from the base;
- a plurality of arms coupleable to the orienting platform, each arm defining releasably fixable links and joints that are pre-configurable;
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- a plurality of manipulators coupleable to the arms, each manipulator defining driven links and joints for moving the instruments so as to manipulate tissues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.