Robotic surgery system and surgical instrument
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United States of America Patent
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Jun 12, 2018
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app pub date -
Oct 24, 2014
filing date -
Apr 27, 2012
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Abstract
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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International Classification(s)
- 2014 Application Filing Year
- A61B Class
- 14296 Applications Filed
- 12053 Patents Issued To-Date
- 84.32 % Issued To-Date
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Patent Citation Ranking
- 5 Citation Count
- A61B Class
- 20.51 % this patent is cited more than
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