US 12,310,682 B2
Systems and methods for mounting robotic components on a load cell
Ying Mao, San Mateo, CA (US); Aren Calder Hill, Mountain View, CA (US); Alex C. Spies, Redwood City, CA (US); Nicholas J. Eyre, Redwood City, CA (US); and Yanan Huang, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,933.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,034, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298847 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic surgery system, comprising:
a robotic arm including a base, a proximal portion and a distal portion;
a tool driver detachably coupled to a medical instrument, the tool driver coupled with the distal portion of the robotic arm; and
a load cell positioned between the proximal portion and the distal portion such that the load cell supports the distal portion and the tool driver,
wherein the load cell is positioned adjacent a wrist joint of the robotic arm, between a first joint and a second joint of the robotic arm, or adjacent the base of the robotic arm,
wherein the load cell is configured to detect forces that interact with the distal portion or the tool driver.