Instrument device manipulator with back-mounted tool attachment mechanism

US10631949B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Auris Health, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Travis Michael Schuh · Los Altos, US
• Matthew R. Williams · Walnut Creek, US
• Joseph Bogusky · San Jose, US
• David S. Mintz · Mountain View, US
• Alan Yu · Union City, US
• Yoichiro Dan · Fukuoka, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: May 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2034/305
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and comprises a surgical tool holder and an outer housing. The surgical tool holder includes an attachment interface that can secure a surgical tool in a front-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on a face opposite of an elongated body of the surgical tool) or a back-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on the same face as the elongated body of the surgical tool). The surgical tool holder may rotate continuously within the outer housing. In a back-mount configuration, the surgical tool holder may have a passage that receives the elongated body of the tool and allows free rotation of the elongated body about the rotational axis. A surgical drape separates the IDM and robotic arm from a tool, while allowing electrical and/or optical signals to pass therebetween.