Patent ID: 11944403
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F  Y | IPC A  F

Claim 14:
15. A method for latching the instrument sterile adapter of claim 1 to the instrument carriage and to the medical instrument and then unlatching the instrument sterile adapter from the medical instrument and the instrument carriage, the method comprising:
latching the instrument sterile adapter to the instrument carriage by engaging the carriage latch arm of the instrument sterile adapter with the instrument carriage;
latching the instrument sterile adapter to the medical instrument by engaging the instrument latch arm of the instrument sterile adapter with the medical instrument;
unlatching the instrument sterile adapter from the medical instrument by disengaging the instrument latch arm from the medical instrument; and
unlatching the instrument sterile adapter from the instrument carriage by disengaging the carriage latch arm from the instrument carriage;
wherein the connecting member of the instrument sterile adapter elastically deforms during the engaging of the carriage latch arm with the instrument carriage and during the disengaging of the carriage latch arm from the instrument carriage; and
wherein the instrument latch arm elastically deforms during the engaging the instrument latch arm with the medical instrument and during the disengaging the instrument latch arm from the medical instrument.