MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641069822 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Madras Iit Madras; and Indian Institute Of Information Technology, Design And Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Iiitdm Kancheepuram on June 03, 2026, for Disposable Surgical Tooltip For Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Inventors include Niravkumar Amrutlal Patel; Karthik Chandrasekaran; Mayank Navneet Mehta; and Sukesh Jagannathan Ranganathan.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: A disposable surgical tooltip (100) for detachable use with a reusable tool shaft (108), for robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery, is disclosed. The tooltip (100) comprises a grasper body (102) including a pair of grasper jaws (102A) configured to provide at least one of a pitch motion, a yaw motion, and a grasp motion, and an elbow-type transmission mechanism (102B) configured to convert rotational input motion about a first axis into rotational output motion about a second axis, the second axis being orthogonal to the first axis. A shaft assembly (104) extends from a first end of the tooltip (100) to the grasper body (102), the shaft assembly (104) comprising a plurality of disposable shafts (116) configured to transmit axial translation and rotational motion from a reusable tool shaft (108) to the grasper body (102). A coupling unit (106) is provided at a second end for detachable coupling.
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