US 12,472,022 B2
Surgical robotic system with daisy chaining
Ulrich Hagn, Munich (DE); and Alexander Nothhelfer, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,518.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/306,234, filed on Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,005, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097023 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/37 (2016.02) [A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/304 (2016.02); A61B 2034/306 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical robotic system comprising:
a first robotic arm engaged with a first movable cart;
a second robotic arm engaged with a second movable cart;
a control tower configured to control movements of the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm; and
a surgeon console configured to provide instructions to the control tower,
wherein the control tower is directly electrically coupled to the surgeon console via a first cable, wherein the surgeon console is directly electrically coupled to the first movable cart via a second cable, wherein the control tower is directly electrically coupled to the second robotic arm via a third cable, wherein the control tower is free from a direct electrical coupling with the first movable cart, wherein the surgeon console is free from a direct electrical coupling with the second movable cart, wherein each of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable is configured to transmit electrical current sufficient for supplying power for surgical procedures, and wherein at least one of the first cable, the second cable or the third cable is configured to transmit electrosurgical current.