Features

da Vinci® EndoWrist® Instrument

The da Vinci Surgical System is the only commercially available technology that can provide the surgeon with the precision, dexterity and control of traditional open surgery, while only requiring 1-2 cm incisions.

da Vinci Surgical System consists of an ergonomically designed surgeon's console, a patient cart with four interactive robotic arms, a high-performance vision System and patented EndoWrist instruments

da Vinci Surgeon Console and Patient Cart

At the da Vinci console, your surgeon operates while seated comfortably, viewing a highly magnified 3D image of the body’s interior. To operate, the surgeon uses master controls that work like forceps.

As your surgeon manipulates the controls, da Vinci responds to your surgeon’s input in real time, translating his or her hand, wrist and finger movements into precise movements of miniaturized instruments at the patient-side cart.

da Vinci translates and refines your surgeon's hand movements.

da Vinci's patient cart holds up to three EndoWrist instruments and one 3D camera. To access the target anatomy, your surgeon introduces the precisly controlled EndoWrist instruments into the body through a series of dime-sized incisions. A broad range of instrument types are available to help your surgeon perform specialized surgical tasks with precision and control.

Summary of da Vinci Surgical System Components

Surgeon Console
• Using the da Vinci Surgical System, the surgeon operates while seated comfortably at a console viewing a 3-D image of the surgical field.
• The surgeon's fingers grasp the master controls below the display, with hands and wrists naturally positioned relative to his or her eyes.
• The system seamlessly translates the surgeon's hand, wrist and finger movements into precise, real-time movements of surgical instruments inside the patient.

Patient-side Cart
• Provides either three or four robotic arms—two or three instrument arms and one endoscope arm—that execute the surgeon's commands.
• The laparoscopic arms pivot at the 1-2 cm operating ports, eliminating the use of the patient's body wall for leverage and minimizing tissue damage.
• Supporting surgical team members assist in installing the proper instruments, prepare the 1-2 cm port in the patient and supervise the laparoscopic arms and tools being utilized.

EndoWrist Instruments
• A full range of proprietary EndoWrist instruments is available to support the surgeon while operating.
• The instruments are designed with seven degrees of motion that mimic the dexterity of the human hand and wrist.
• Each instrument has a specific surgical mission such as clamping, suturing and tissue manipulation.
• Quick-release levers speed instrument changes during surgical procedures.

Vision System
• The Vision System, with high-resolution 3-D endoscope and image processing equipment, provides the true-to-life 3-D images of the operative field.
• Operating images are enhanced, refined and optimized using imagesynchronizers, high-intensity illuminators and camera control units.
• The da Vinci Surgical System is the only commercially available technology that can provide the surgeon with the intuitive control, range of motion, fine tissue manipulation capability and 3-D visualization characteristic of open surgery, while simultaneously allowing the surgeon to work through tiny incisions typical of minimally invasive surgery.