Robotic surgery system and surgical instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9743995
APP PUB NO 20150105798A1
SERIAL NO

14523693

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A robotic surgery system includes a robot and an instrument assembly. The instrument assembly includes a drive unit with at least one rotary drive having an electric motor and a drive shaft that has a coupling part for coupling to a drive shaft of the instrument; an instrument including an instrument shaft and a drive shaft that has a coupling part for coupling to a drive shaft of the drive unit; and an instrument interface including a sheath that encompasses the drive unit. In order to detachably couple an instrument module to an instrument part of a surgical instrument, an electromagnet in a magnet assembly of the instrument module is activated or deactivated, a permanent magnet of said magnet assembly is moved into a locking position and/or an angular position of a coupled counter element assembly of the instrument part is detected by an angle sensor of the instrument module.

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KUKA LABORATORIES GMBH86165 AUGSBURG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lohmeier, Sebastian Munich, DE 25 918
Schober, Wolfgang Pottmes, DE 51 629

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