US 12,140,172 B2
Coupler to attach robotic arm to surgical table
Wayne Grout, San Francisco, CA (US); David James Cagle, Belmont, CA (US); Richard William Timm, Palo Alto, CA (US); Brendan C. Reese, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael P. Schaller, Redwood City, CA (US); and Robert J. Campbell, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/365,766.
Application 17/365,766 is a division of application No. 15/934,709, filed on Mar. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,078,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/476,816, filed on Mar. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341007 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 21/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 21/165 (2013.01) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/57 (2016.02); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/0096 (2013.01); A61B 2090/571 (2016.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupler for coupling a robotic arm to a surgical table, the coupler comprising:
a first portion configured to couple to a surgical table;
a second portion configured to couple to a robotic arm, the second portion comprising a post configured to couple the second portion to the first portion, the post having a length dimension defined by a proximal end and a distal end and at least one flat surface extending along the length dimension to the proximal end;
the first portion having a receiving section corresponding to a shape of the post to receive the post;
an electrical interface at the distal end of the post of the second portion; and
a locking mechanism configured to lock the first portion to the second portion and constrain a movement of the first portion relative to the second portion, the locking mechanism including a set of alignment members configured to align the second portion relative to the first portion, wherein at least one alignment member of the set of alignment members is located on an inner perimeter of the first portion spaced from an end of the first portion, and at least one alignment member of the set of alignment members is located on an outer perimeter of the second portion spaced from an end of the second portion.