US 12,376,920 B2
Steering assembly for surgical robot
Alan Ross, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Paul Shiels, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,272.
Application 18/124,272 is a continuation of application No. 17/666,811, filed on Feb. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,638,620.
Application 17/666,811 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,076, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,278,363.
Application 16/793,076 is a continuation of application No. 15/256,273, filed on Sep. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,603,119.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,718, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,696, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0218355 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); B62B 3/00 (2006.01); B62B 3/02 (2006.01); B62B 3/10 (2006.01); B62B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 50/13 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0431 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0437 (2013.01); B62B 3/001 (2013.01); B62B 3/02 (2013.01); B62B 3/10 (2013.01); B62B 5/0433 (2013.01); B62B 5/0457 (2013.01); B62B 5/049 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A surgical cart, comprising:
a body; and
a steering assembly coupled to the body and configured such that:
when the steering assembly is in a first mode, the steering assembly allows the surgical cart to roll in a first linear direction; and
when the steering assembly is in a second mode, the steering assembly allows the surgical cart to roll in a pivoting direction;
wherein the steering assembly comprises a first wheel and is configured to be manually transitioned from the first mode to the second mode by a user action mechanically causing rotation, in a first direction, of the first wheel;
wherein the steering assembly comprises a second wheel, wherein the second wheel is mechanically linked to the first wheel such that the user action mechanically causing the rotation of the first wheel in the first direction causes the second wheel to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction.