Robotic rod benders and related mechanical and motor housings

US11357548B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Samuel Paster · Wickford, US
• Norbert Johnson · North Andover, US
• Olivier Chappuis · Lausanne, CH
• David Cleary · Shanghai, CN
• Sritam Parashar Rout · Mumbai, IN
• Michael Brauckmann · Witten, DE
• Kyle VanLeer · Jeffersonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3983
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Robotic rod benders are disclosed including a motor housing and a mechanical housing coupled with the motor housing. The motor housing may include first and second rod feeding/rotating motors, a brake motor, a bending motor, first and second rod feeding/rotating transmission inputs, a brake transmission input, and a bending transmission input. The mechanical housing may include a rod feeding/rotating subassembly, a brake subassembly, a bending subassembly, first and second rod feeding/rotating transmission outputs, a brake transmission output, and a bending transmission output. Separate motor and mechanical housings are also disclosed.