Robotic arm cart and uses therefor

US10792119B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Ethicon, Inc. · US
• Verb Surgical Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard W. Timm · Cincinnati, US
• David J. Cagle · Cincinnati, US
• Seung Mo Lim · Santa Cruz, US
• Jacob S. Gee · Cincinnati, US
• Omar J. Vakharia · Mason, US
• Clinton Denlinger · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2560/0437
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a robotic arm cart for transporting, delivering, and securing robotic arms to a surgical table having a table top on which a patient can be disposed. The arm cart can include an arm container and a base. The arm container can be configured to receive and contain one or more robotic arms. The arm cart can include a first coupling member configured to engage with a second coupling member associated with a surgical table such that, when the first coupling member is engaged with the second coupling member, the one or more robotic arms can be releasably coupled with the surgical table. The arm cart can provide for movement of the one or more robotic arms in at least one of a lateral, longitudinal, or vertical direction relative to the table top prior to the securement of the one or more robotic arms to the surgical table.