US 11,744,654 B2
Systems and methods for coupling components of a medical system
Matthew D. Rohr Daniel, San Francisco, CA (US); David W. Bailey, Portola Valley, CA (US); Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Los Altos, CA (US); Christopher R. Carlson, Belmont, CA (US); and Matthew D. Inouye, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/479,053
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/017085
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 18, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/145100, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/584,546, filed on Nov. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/455,262, filed on Feb. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/455,255, filed on Feb. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228289 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [B25J 9/10 (2013.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for movably coupling a robotic medical system to an anatomic orifice device, the apparatus comprising:
a first end portion configured to be connected to the robotic medical system, wherein the first end portion is configured to be disconnected from the robotic medical system when a parameter associated with motion of the anatomic orifice device relative to the robotic medical system is greater than a threshold parameter;
a second end portion configured to be connected to the anatomic orifice device, the anatomic orifice device being fixedly coupled to a patient; and
a medial portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, the medial portion being configured to accommodate motion between the robotic medical system and the anatomic orifice device in at least one degree of freedom.