Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber Bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 7,930,065, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND In robotically-assisted or telerobotic Surgery, the Surgeon typically operates
a control device to control the motion of Surgical instruments at the Surgical site from a …

Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 9,084,624, 2015 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm having a distal
end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the distal and proximal …

Force sensor temperature compensation

SJ Blumenkranz - US Patent 9,855,102, 2018 - Google Patents
A force sensor apparatus includes a tube portion having a plurality of radial ribs and at least
one fiber optic strain gauge positioned over each of the plurality of radial ribs. The strain …

Minimally invasive surgical system

DQ Larkin, TG Cooper, CJ Mohr, DJ Rosa - US Patent 9,060,678, 2015 - Google Patents
The distal end of a surgical instrument is movable in all six Cartesian degrees of freedom
independently of other components of a telemanipulated surgical system. The surgical …

Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 9,241,769, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A Surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm
having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the …

Methods and apparatus to shape flexible entry guides for minimally invasive surgery

TW Rogers, DQ Larkin - US Patent 9,962,066, 2018 - Google Patents
In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for performing surgical procedures is
disclosed including a flexible entry guide tube, and a first steering device. The flexible entry …

Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 9,039,685, 2015 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm having a distal
end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the distal and proximal …

Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 9,066,739, 2015 - Google Patents
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Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber Bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 9,101,380, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A Surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm
having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the …

Robotic surgery system including position sensor using fiber bragg gratings

DQ Larkin, DC Shafer - US Patent 9,060,793, 2015 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm having a distal
end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the distal and proximal …