US 11,896,332 B2
Robotic surgical assemblies and surgical instrument holders thereof
Chi Min Seow, Watertown, MA (US); Mark Macleod, Brookfield, CT (US); and Michael Zemlok, Prospect, CT (US)
Assigned to COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,358.
Application 17/466,358 is a continuation of application No. 16/073,474, granted, now 11,109,926, previously published as PCT/US2017/016769, filed on Feb. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/295,815, filed on Feb. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393352 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/37 (2016.02) [A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 50/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument holder, comprising:
an outer member defining a lateral slot therein;
a first annular member defining a lateral slot therein in alignment with the lateral slot of the outer member such that the surgical instrument is receivable within the surgical instrument holder through the lateral slots of the outer member and the first annular member;
a second annular member operably coupled with the first annular member; and
an inner member including:
an internal housing rotatably disposed within the outer member, the internal housing defining a lateral slot therein configured to be in alignment with the lateral slots of the outer member and the first annular member, wherein the second annular member is configured to be drivingly rotated by an instrument drive unit to effect rotation of the internal housing relative to the outer member;
an upper plate fixed to a first side of the internal housing and supported on and extending over an upper surface of the outer member; and
a lower plate fixed to a second side of the internal housing and supported on and extending over a lower surface of the outer member such that the outer member is captured between the upper and lower plates.