Patent ID: 11944300
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method of bailing out a surgical instrument attached to a surgical robot, the method comprising the steps of:
decoupling a first actuator of the surgical robot from a first input socket of the surgical instrument without displacing the surgical instrument relative to the surgical robot, wherein decoupling the actuator comprises pulling a pin of the surgical attachment to disengage a gear of the pin from a corresponding gear coupled to the input socket, wherein a second actuator of the surgical robot remains coupled to a second input socket of the surgical instrument after the pin has been pulled to decouple the first actuator of the surgical robot from the first input socket of the surgical instrument;
actuating a closure bailout of the surgical instrument in a first direction to open jaws of an end effector of the surgical instrument after the first actuator of the surgical robot is decoupled from the first input socket of the surgical instrument;
actuating the closure bailout of the surgical instrument in a second direction to close the jaws of the end effector of the surgical instrument after the first actuator of the surgical robot is decoupled from the first input socket of the surgical instrument, wherein a closure system of the surgical instrument is operable independently of the closure bailout, wherein the closure system is configured to open and close the jaws of the end effector when the first actuator of the surgical robot is coupled to the first input socket of the surgical instrument; and
detaching the surgical instrument from the surgical robot.