Instrument release
US11890070B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/595
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical instrument includes a backend and a pair of release elements. The backend includes a docking feature shaped to engage a docking structure such as a docking port of a surgical robot or a sterile adaptor for a surgical robot. Each release element is coupled to the backend and may include an activation feature on one side of the backend and a push tab extending from either an opposite side or the same side of the backend. Movement of the activation features moves the push tabs from being aligned with the docking feature to pushing on the docking structure, permitting the medical instrument to be disengaged from the docking structure. Optionally, a coupling of the release elements limits a movement of the activation features.
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