US 11,839,969 B2
Systems and methods for detecting contact between a link and an external object
Nicholas J. Eyre, Redwood City, CA (US); Alex C. Spies, Redwood City, CA (US); Colin Allen Wilson, Burlingame, CA (US); Mason Myles Markee, Pacifica, CA (US); Ying Mao, San Mateo, CA (US); Bo Yang, Mountain View, CA (US); and Yanan Huang, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/355,151.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,351, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402615 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 13/084 (2013.01) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic system, comprising:
a manipulatable link;
a rigid shell configured to overlay the manipulatable link; and
one or more sensors positioned between the rigid shell and the manipulatable link, the one or more sensors configured to detect contact between the rigid shell and one or more external objects.