US 11,751,966 B2
Medical device handle
Timothy B. Hulford, San Jose, CA (US); Russell L. E. Blanchard, San Jose, CA (US); and Roman Lapaev, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/634,489
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 25, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/043772
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/023390, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/537,884, filed on Jul. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0253678 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/74 (2016.02) [A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2034/254 (2016.02); A61B 2034/258 (2016.02); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device configured for use with a teleoperated surgical system, the medical device comprising:
a control system;
a movable robotic manipulator arm; and
a handle coupled to the robotic manipulator arm;
wherein the handle is configured to be oriented at a first hold angle relative to the robotic manipulator arm on condition that the robotic manipulator arm is in a first pose;
wherein the control system comprises programmed instructions to automatically orient the handle at a second hold angle toward a user on condition the control system positions the robotic manipulator arm in a second pose different from the first pose; and
wherein in the second pose, the handle is in a different orientation relative to the robotic manipulator arm than in the first pose.