US 11,832,997 B2
Devices to enhance robotic arm tasks
Frank Dewaele, De Pinte (BE); Lieven Maene, Knokke-Heist (BE); Bart Blanckaert, Eeklo (BE); Cyriel Mabilde, Oudenaarde (BE); and Alain Kalmar, Ghent (BE)
Assigned to Steerable Instruments NV, Sint-Denijs-Westrem (BE)
Appl. No. 16/763,396
Filed by Steerable Instruments NV, Sint-Denijs-Westrem (BE)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/081438
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/096933, PCT Pub. Date May 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17201821 (EP), filed on Nov. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315738 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/35 (2016.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3201 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/50 (2016.02) [A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/35 (2016.02); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 17/3201 (2013.01); A61B 17/3209 (2013.01); A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0116 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structural support unit, SSU, for vertical fitting in a room and for support of a boom unit comprising:
a telescopic vertical supporting part, VSP, having an lower end and an upper end, the lower end configured for contacting a floor of the room and the upper end configured for attachment to a VSP receivable mounting in the ceiling of the room thereby stabilizing the structural support unit in relation to the room for support of the boom unit,
wherein
the boom unit is slidably and optionally revolutely attached to at least part of the VSP,
a load of the boom unit comprises an assembly of two or more surgical robotic arms,
the VSP comprises a telescopic part configured to retract and deploy the upper end (40) of the VSP, and
the VSP receivable mounting comprises a slot into which the VSP upper end engages to stabilize the VSP in a vertical direction.