IP Library Granted Patent US 10,687,904
Granted Patent B2
US 10,687,904 · App. 15/238,124 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Robotics tool exchange

Inventors: Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, OH); Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, OH); Nichole Y. Kwee (Cincinnati, OH); Frederick E. Shelton, IV (Hillsboro, OH)
Assignee: Ethicon LLC
A61B34/30A61B17/07292A61B17/3421A61B17/3462A61B34/35A61B50/20A61B50/22A61B50/36A61B90/70A61B50/30A61B2017/00477A61B2017/00876A61B2017/07271A61B2017/3409A61B2034/2051A61B2034/741A61B2034/742A61B2090/0808A61B2090/0811
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Patent No.
US 10,687,904
App. No.
15/238,124
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromechanical robotic arm is provided having a distal end with a tool engaging member configured to mate with an electromechanical tool and a trocar holding member configured to mate with a trocar. The trocar holding member can have at least one engagement mechanism configured to engage and orient a trocar to mate the trocar to the trocar holding member in a desired orientation.

Claims (21)

1. A surgical system, comprising:

a trocar holding member configured to mate with a trocar, the trocar holding member having an engagement portion configured to engage and orient a trocar to mate the trocar to the trocar holding member in a desired orientation, and first and second grasper arms coupled to the engagement portion, at least one of the first and second grasper arms having at least one magnet configured to automatically orient the trocar into the desired orientation when the trocar holding member is positioned in proximity to the trocar, wherein the trocar holding member includes at least one rotatable wheel disposed thereon and configured to allow rotation of the trocar engaged by the trocar holding member.

2. The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the trocar holding member is configured to automatically engage the trocar when positioned in proximity to the trocar.

3. The surgical system of claim 2 , wherein the trocar holding member is configured to attract the trocar to thereby automatically engage the trocar.

4. The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one magnet comprises an electromagnet configured to generate an electromagnetic field to attract the trocar into the trocar holding member.

5. The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one magnet is configured to cause rotation of the trocar within the trocar holding mechanism.

6. The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the trocar holding member has at least one sensor configured to sense at least one of a location and an orientation of the trocar.

7. The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second grasper arms are movable between an open position configured to receive the trocar therebetween and a closed position configured to engage the trocar.

8. The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the trocar holding member is configured to align a stopcock on the trocar with a support arm coupled to and supporting the trocar holding member.

9. A surgical system, comprising:

a trocar holding member configured to engage and orient a trocar in a desired orientation, the trocar holding member including

a first engagement portion having a first end and a second end opposite the first end,

a second engagement portion pivotally coupled to the first end of the first engagement portion, and

a third engagement portion pivotally coupled to the second end of the first engagement portion,

wherein at least one of the first, second, and third engagement portions includes a magnet configured to automatically orient the trocar into the desired orientation, and wherein at least one of the first, second, and third engagement portions includes at least one rotatable wheel disposed thereon and configured to allow rotation of the trocar engaged by the trocar holding member.

10. The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein the magnet comprises an electromagnet configured to generate an electromagnetic field to attract the trocar into the trocar holding member.

11. The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein the magnet is configured to cause rotation of the trocar within the trocar holding mechanism.

12. The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein the trocar holding member has at least one sensor disposed thereon and configured to sense at least one of a location and an orientation of the trocar.

13. The surgical system of claim 12 , wherein the sensor comprises a hall effect sensor.

14. The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein the second and third engagement portions are each movable between an open position configured to receive the trocar therebetween and a closed position configured to engage the trocar.

15. The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein the trocar holding member is configured to align a stopcock on the trocar with a support arm coupled to and supporting the trocar holding member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC
To: ETHICON LLC
Reel/Frame 045604/0713 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2016
From: HARRIS, JASON L.; VENDELY, MICHAEL J.; KWEE, NICHOLE Y.; SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV
To: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC
Reel/Frame 040117/0718 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180049824A1 · Feb 22, 2018
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