Platform link wrist mechanism
CA 2927478 A1 · Owner: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · Inventors: Wallace, Daniel T.; Anderson, S. Christopher; Manzo, Scott
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The present invention provides a robotic surgical tool. The robotic tool includes a , distal member configured to support an end effector. The robotic tool also includes first and , second components constrained to move in tandem and in opposite directions generally in , parallel to an axial line and rotatably coupled to the distal member so that an advancement , of die first component with a corresponding retraction of the second component causes the , distal member to face a first articulated direction defining a first angle with respect to the , axial line, and an advancement of the second component with a corresponding retraction of , the first component causes the distal member …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 28, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 28, 2022.
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