SURGICAL ROBOT ARM AND INSTRUMENT DETACHMENT

A surgical robot arm comprises a base connected to a terminal link via a series of intermediate joints. The terminal link comprises a drive assembly interface comprising drive assembly interface elements. Each drive assembly interface element is configured to: engage an instrument interface element...

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Main Authors Focht, Kenneth, Gordon, Joseph, Grant, James Oliver, Costello, Peter Calvin
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.02.2023
Subjects
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
DIAGNOSIS
HAND TOOLS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MANIPULATORS
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
SURGERY
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A surgical robot arm comprises a base connected to a terminal link via a series of intermediate joints. The terminal link comprises a drive assembly interface comprising drive assembly interface elements. Each drive assembly interface element is configured to: engage an instrument interface element of an instrument interface of a robotic surgical instrument when the surgical robot arm engages the robotic surgical instrument; and move relative to the drive assembly interface across a range of motion so as to, when engaged with the instrument interface element, transfer drive to that instrument interface element. The drive assembly interface elements are arranged across a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the terminal link such that the robotic surgical instrument is detachable from the surgical robot arm in a detachment direction parallel to the plane when each drive assembly interface element is anywhere within its range of motion.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117400788