An apparatus for self-generating power with two magnets at two ends and a wireless switch using same are provides, and which belong to the field for self-generating power. The apparatus for self-generating power with two magnets at two ends of the present disclosure includes a coil assembly and a permanent magnet assembly. The permanent magnet assembly includes a left permanent magnet, a right permanent magnet and a soft magnetic frame, wherein the coil assembly includes a coil and a soft magnetic plate, and the soft magnetic plate is arranged between the left permanent magnet and the right permanent magnet in an up-down rotation manner. In an initial state, a closed magnetic circuit is defined by a left end and a right end of the soft magnetic plate and the soft magnetic frame, and when the soft magnetic plate rotates relative to the permanent magnet assembly, a closed magnetic circuit with magnetic lines of force opposite in direction is defined by the left end and the right end of the soft magnetic plate and the soft magnetic frame. The wireless switch of the present disclosure includes a radio frequency control board, a switch body used for controlling an electric device, and the apparatus for self-generating power, wherein the coil of the apparatus for self-generating power is electrically connected to the radio frequency control board.

An antenna fabrication method includes depositing a conductive material on a surface of a double injection mold that includes a first surface portion comprising a primary material corresponding to a slot of the antenna and a second surface portion comprising an overmold material corresponding to a conductive surface of the antenna such that conductive material does not deposit on the primary material while it deposits on the secondary material, thereby resulting in multiple loops of the conductive material on the surface of the double injection mold, and providing two contact points to the conductive material, the contact points being separated from each other by a gap in the conductive material.

A coil formed from a flexible polymer substrate that is printed with metal traces is disclosed in which the flexible substrate has notches that align each loop as the substrate is wound into a ring. The notches are precisely spaced so that the diameter of each loop is well controlled. As the substrate is wound, adhesive is applied along its length to fill gaps between each loop's layer. Ideally, the adhesive has a similar dielectric constant as the polymer substrate. The resulting coil has loops of metal traces separated by precise a thickness of dielectric. The precision in spacing between metal layers and dielectric allows the coil to be designed for self-resonance.

An apparatus for self-generating power and a wireless switch applying same are provided. The apparatus includes a coil assembly and a permanent magnet assembly. In an initial state, left and right ends of a soft magnetic plate come into contact with a first permanent magnet and a second upper soft magnetic plate respectively to form a first closed magnetic circuit, when the soft magnetic plate is rotated relative to the permanent magnet assembly, the left and the ends of the soft magnetic plate come into contact with a first upper soft magnetic plate and a second permanent magnet respectively to form a second closed magnetic circuit, and a direction of a magnetic line of force passing through the soft magnetic plate in the first closed magnetic circuit is opposite to that of a magnetic line of force passing through the soft magnetic plate in the second closed magnetic circuit.

An apparatus for self-generating power with two magnets at two ends and a wireless switch using same are provides, and which belong to the field for self-generating power. The apparatus for self-generating power with two magnets at two ends of the present disclosure includes a coil assembly and a permanent magnet assembly. The permanent magnet assembly includes a left permanent magnet, a right permanent magnet and a soft magnetic frame, wherein the coil assembly includes a coil and a soft magnetic plate, and the soft magnetic plate is arranged between the left permanent magnet and the right permanent magnet in an up-down rotation manner. In an initial state, a closed magnetic circuit is defined by a left end and a right end of the soft magnetic plate and the soft magnetic frame, and when the soft magnetic plate rotates relative to the permanent magnet assembly, a closed magnetic circuit with magnetic lines of force opposite in direction is defined by the left end and the right end of the soft magnetic plate and the soft magnetic frame. The wireless switch of the present disclosure includes a radio frequency control board, a switch body used for controlling an electric device, and the apparatus for self-generating power, wherein the coil of the apparatus for self-generating power is electrically connected to the radio frequency control board.

Disclosed is a compact 3-axis coil design for a magnetic tracking system. In an embodiment, compactness is achieved by using a 3-axis coil in the transmitter that includes a scaffold design with a side surface having a curved groove for guiding one or more windings of a z-axis coil, such that the physical geometry is not increased.

A surgical system comprises a base, an arm assembly operably coupled to the base, and an instrument manipulator assembly coupled to a distal link of the arm assembly. The instrument manipulator assembly comprises an instrument manipulator interface to removably couple with a medical instrument and transfer actuation forces to the medical instrument. The instrument manipulator interface comprises a mounting surface and a plurality of actuator outputs to operably engage with respectively corresponding inputs of the medical instrument. The actuator outputs extend from the mounting surface along directions substantially parallel to a shaft of the medical instrument in a mounted state of the medical instrument to the instrument manipulator interface. In the mounted state of the medical instrument, the instrument manipulator interface and medical instrument are rotatable together about a roll axis of rotation relative to the distal link of the arm assembly.

A drape includes a first drape portion configured to receive a manipulator arm of a surgical system and a pocket coupled to a distal portion of the first drape portion. The pocket is configured to receive a manipulator of the surgical system. The pocket includes a flexible membrane positionable between an output of the manipulator and an input of a surgical instrument mountable to the manipulator. In some embodiments, the flexible membrane is located at a distal end of the pocket. In some embodiments, the flexible membrane is configured to allow an actuating force to be transmitted from the output of the manipulator to the input of the surgical instrument. In some embodiments, the pocket provides a sterile barrier between the manipulator and the surgical instrument. In some embodiments, the drape further includes a rotatable seal configured to couple a proximal opening of the pocket to the first drape portion.

An ultra-low-profile low frequency antenna including a magnetic core having coil winding channels in three intersecting axial directions orthogonal to each other, defining X-axis (X), Y-axis (Y) and Z-axis (Z), receiving respective X-coil (DX), Y-coil (DY), and Z-coil (DZ). A Z-coil winding channel surrounds the magnetic core around the Z-axis (Z), providing partial grooves confined between two parallel surfaces. The thickness of the magnetic core in the Z-axis (Z) is less than 1.2 mm. Each partial groove has a width in the Z-axis (Z) equal or less than 0.4 mm and its depth in a radial direction perpendicular to the Z-axis (Z) is at least two times of its width. The Z-coil (DZ) is wound within said groove and extends radially from ⅓ to ⅔ of the groove's depth. The outer edge of the Z-coil is at the entrance of the groove.

An entry guide tube and cannula assembly, a surgical system including the assembly, and a method of surgical instrument insertion are provided. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a cannula having a proximal portion that operably couples to an accessory clamp of a manipulator arm, and a distal tubular member coupled to the proximal portion, the tubular member having an opening for passage of at least one instrument shaft. The assembly also includes an entry guide tube rotatably coupled to the proximal portion of the cannula, the entry guide tube including a plurality of channels for passage of a plurality of instrument shafts, wherein the entry guide tube is rotatably driven relative to the proximal portion of the cannula by rotation of at least one instrument shaft about a longitudinal axis of the entry guide tube.