Instrument device manipulator with roll mechanism

US9993313B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Auris Health, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Travis Michael Schuh · Los Altos, US
• Joseph Bogusky · San Jose, US
• Matthew R. Williams · Walnut Creek, US
• David S. Mintz · Mountain View, US
• Alan Yu · Union City, US
• Gregory J. Kintz · Santa Cruz, US
• Yoichiro Dan · Fukuoka, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2034/305
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and comprises a surgical tool holder and an outer housing. The surgical tool holder includes an attachment interface that can secure a surgical tool in a front-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on a face opposite of a proximal extension of the surgical tool) or a back-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on the same face as the proximal extension of the surgical tool). The surgical tool holder may rotate continuously within the outer housing. In a back-mount configuration, the surgical tool holder may have a passage that receives the proximal extension of the tool and allows free rotation of the proximal extension about the rotational axis. A surgical drape separates the IDM and robotic arm from a tool, while allowing electrical and/or optical signals to pass therebetween.