US 12,029,512 B2
Increased usable instrument life in telesurgical systems
David J. Rosa, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/932,420.
Application 16/932,420 is a continuation of application No. 16/637,869, granted, now 11,617,628, previously published as PCT/US2018/044060, filed on Jul. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/543,726, filed on Aug. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345437 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/35 (2016.02) [A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2034/303 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telesurgical system comprising:
a teleoperated manipulator; and
a control system to execute instructions to perform operations comprising:
determining a remaining usable life value of a surgical instrument before a use of the surgical instrument mounted to the teleoperated manipulator, the surgical instrument comprising a distal end component and an actuation component coupled to move the distal end component when driven by the teleoperated manipulator,
monitoring an amount of use of the actuation component during a use of the surgical instrument while mounted to the teleoperated manipulator, wherein monitoring the amount of use of the actuation component comprises determining the amount of use of the actuation component based on a force or torque on the actuation component, and
updating the remaining usable life value to an updated usable life value of the surgical instrument based at least on the amount of use of the actuation component during the use of the surgical instrument.