Cable tensioning in a robotic surgical system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9486288
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14708797

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An apparatus, system, and method for setting, maintaining, and adjusting a cable tension in a telerobotic surgical system are provided. A cable tensioning apparatus includes, in one example, an arm, a pulley rotatably coupled to the arm, and a base operably coupled to the arm, the base including a translation mechanism for changing the position of the pulley to control a tension of a cable movable along the pulley. A termination block includes, in one example, a block including two cable pathways with each cable pathway having a retaining means for a ball fitting, and a support for moving a cable along the two cable pathways, the cable including a ball fitting in each of the cable pathways.

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INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INCSUNNYVALE CA 94086

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cooper, Thomas G Menlo Park, US 248 46154
Devengenzo, Roman L Sunnyvale, US 62 8413
Solomon, Todd R San Jose, US 41 3935

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