US 12,133,698 B2
Electromechanical surgical system
Matthew Robert Penny, Holly Springs, NC (US); and James A Woodard, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Asensus Surgical US, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Asensus Surgical US, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/063,974.
Application 17/063,974 is a continuation of application No. 16/160,960, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,497,481.
Application 16/160,960 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/027818, filed on Apr. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,585, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,529, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,539, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085304 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2034/303 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A surgical system comprising:
a drive unit on a support, the drive unit comprising a plurality of actuators and a plurality of output elements, each actuator operable to linearly translate a corresponding one of the output elements;
a surgical device comprising
an elongate shaft having a proximal end, and a plurality of actuation elements extending through the shaft,
an input subsystem carried at the proximal end of the shaft, the input subsystem including a plurality of input elements each operatively associated with a corresponding one of the actuation elements, each input element linearly translatable relative to the elongate shaft;
wherein the surgical device is removably mounted relative to the support to position each output element in a drive relationship with a corresponding input element; and
wherein operation of an actuator linearly translates an output element, causing linear translation of a corresponding input element and varying tension of an actuation element.