United States
US 12,697,182 B2
Passive preload and capstan drive for surgical instruments
US 12,697,182 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Inventors
- Giuseppe Maria Prisco
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2024-05-24
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,182 B2 · US12697182 · 12697182
Abstract
A system comprises a medical instrument including a rotatable capstan. The rotatable capstan includes a first coupling feature and a drive system including a rotatable drive element. The rotatable drive element includes a second coupling feature. The first and second coupling features have an aligned engagement configuration in which rotation of the rotatable drive element induces rotation of the rotatable capstan and a non-aligned engagement configuration in which rotation of the rotatable drive element does not induce rotation of the rotatable capstan.
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