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

Claim 0:
1. An instrument sterile adapter comprising:
a plate portion
a latch structure comprising:
a carriage latch arm connected to an extending away from a first side of the plate portion, the carriage latch arm engageable with an instrument carriage to latch the instrument sterile adapter to the instrument carriage, and
an instrument latch arm connected to and extending away from a second side of the plate portion, opposite the first side, the instrument latch arm engageable with a medical instrument to latch the instrument sterile adapter to the medical instrument, and
a connecting member connecting the carriage latch arm and the instrument latch arm to the plate portion of the instrument sterile adapter;

wherein in an engaged state of the carriage latch arm with the instrument carriage and in an engaged state of the instrument latch arm with the medical instrument, the carriage latch arm is not disengageable from the instrument carriage.