US 12,114,938 B2
Roller module for medical robot, driving device for medical robot, and medical robot
Jae Soon Choi, Seoul (KR); Young Hak Kim, Seoul (KR); and Young Jin Moon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LN ROBOTICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LN ROBOTICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/072,912.
Application 17/072,912 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/004770, filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0045379 (KR), filed on Apr. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052339 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); F16H 1/22 (2006.01); F16H 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); F16H 1/222 (2013.01); F16H 25/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving device for a medical robot, the driving device comprising:
a base module; and
a first roller module and a second roller module, wherein a spacing between the first roller module and the second roller module is controlled by the base module,
wherein at least one of the first roller module or the second roller module includes:
a driving unit; and
a roller unit rotated by the driving unit while a rotation axis of the roller unit is a vertical direction,
wherein the roller unit includes at least one roller, and at least one shaft independently coupled to the at least one roller of the roller unit and rotated by the driving unit,
wherein the at least one roller of the roller unit has at least one hole or groove defined therein in which at least a portion of the at least one shaft of the roller unit is independently received, and
wherein at least one of the roller unit of the first roller module and the roller unit of the second roller module is configured to move in the vertical direction by the driving unit to rotate a surgical tool clamped between the roller unit of the first roller module and the roller unit of the second roller module.