MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SYSTEM
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Abstract
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 instrument extends trough a guide tube. The distal end is moved by actuators that are telemanipulatively controlled.
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40 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A minimally invasive surgical apparatus comprising:
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an actuator assembly comprising a plurality of telemanipulation actuators in a configuration to mate with a minimally invasive surgical instrument;
wherein by mating with the minimally invasive surgical instrument the actuators apply forces to the instrument that move a distal portion of the instrument with all six Cartesian degrees of freedom independently of movement of a guide tube through which the instrument is inserted. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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assembling a plurality of telemanipulation actuators in a configuration to mate with a minimally invasive surgical instrument;
wherein by mating with the minimally invasive surgical instrument the actuators apply forces to the instrument that move a distal portion of the instrument with all six Cartesian degrees of freedom independently of movement of a guide tube through which the instrument is inserted. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A minimally invasive surgical system comprising:
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a guide tube comprising a distal end;
a surgical instrument comprising a distal end, wherein the surgical instrument extends through the guide tube so that the distal end of the surgical instrument is beyond the distal end of the guide tube; and
a plurality of telemanipulation actuators that move the distal end of the surgical instrument with all six Cartesian degrees of freedom;
wherein the degrees of freedom of the distal end of the surgical instrument are independent of degrees of freedom of the guide tube. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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