Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical manipulator including a manipulator arm, an end-effector held by the robotic arm, surgical tools held by the end-effector and manipulator joints, particularly right-angle drive devices for transmitting rotational motion in one axis to a perpendicular axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2013
Assignee:
MacDonald Dettwiller and Associates Inc.
Inventors:
Benny Hon Bun Yeung, Dennis Gregoris, Bronislaw Bednarz, Michael A. Gray