Devices and methods for robotic assemblies

US11284947B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Vicarious Surgical Inc. · US

Inventors

• Adam Sachs · Somerville, US
• Eric Van Albert · Cambridge, US
• Sammy Khalifa · Medford, US
• Robert J. White · Waterloo, US
• Ryan Fish · Brookline, US
• Eric Kline · Malden, US
• Marshall Wentworth · Waltham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/0223
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods, devices and systems for performing robotic procedures. The devices may include one or more robotic arms. The one or more robotic arms may comprise one or more joints. A joint may include a magnetic sensing system. The one or more robotic arms may be configured to move an elbow joint independently from an end effector or origin of the robotic arm. A working end of the robotic arm may be configured for insertion through a trocar into a body cavity of a subject and may be operatively coupled to a motor unit by one or more electrical or mechanical components housed in a support tube.