Remote center positioning device with flexible drive

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5817084
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08504620

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A remote center positioner used to support an instrument and provide a center of spherical rotation, remote from any bearings or mechanical supports, at a desired location of the instrument. The remote center positioner is particularly useful in laparoscopic surgery to constrain a surgical instrument to move around a fixed center of rotation remote from any bearings or mechanical supports and coincident with an entry incision in the abdominal wall.

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  • SRI INTERNATIONAL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jensen, Joel F Redwood City, CA 74 14921

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