Systems and methods for operating an end effector

US11832900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. · US

Inventors

• David W. Weir · Redwood City, US
• Grant Duque · San Jose, US
• Kevin Durant · Alameda, US
• Patrick Flanagan · San Diego, US
• Margaret M. Nixon · San Jose, US
• David W. Robinson · Bay Ridge, US
• John W. Zabinski · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/016
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for operating an end effector include an end effector for grasping a material, a drive system coupled to the end effector, and a processor. The processor is configured to use the drive system to grasp a material using the end effector, determine a grasping separation parameter of the end effector, determine, based on the determined grasping separation parameter, a prediction of success or failure in configuring the end effector for firing a staple through the material, and based on the determined grasping separation parameter, output an indicator of whether it is safe to proceed with stapling of the material grasped by the end effector.