US 12,239,402 B2
Rotatable carriage for an instrument holder
Andrew Cullen Waterbury, Santa Clara, CA (US); Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US); and John Ryan Steger, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,162.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/063,186, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039890 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/35 (2016.02) [A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 19/0037 (2013.01); B25J 19/0041 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a carriage and a carriage support, wherein:
the carriage comprises a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion, the longitudinal axis defining an axis of rotation of the carriage,
the carriage is coupled with and rotatable relative to the carriage support, and
the carriage is configured to removably couple an instrument to the carriage;
a light pipe extending axially through the carriage and configured to transmit light energy between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the carriage and toward the instrument in a coupled state of the instrument to the carriage; and
an electrical conductor extending through the carriage radially outward of the light pipe, wherein the electrical conductor is configured to transmit electricity between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the carriage and toward the instrument in a coupled state of the instrument to the carriage.