摘要:
A guided tool change procedure is employed in minimally invasive robotic surgery to guide a new tool quickly and precisely, after a tool change operation, back into close proximity to the operating position of the original tool prior to its removal from the surgical site. A first robotic surgical tool (500) is placed at an operating position inside the cavity using a slave manipulator (530) disposed outside the cavity, and the operating position is recorded. The first robotic surgical tool (500) is decoupled from the slave manipulator (530) and removed from the cavity. A second robotic surgical tool (510) is introduced into the cavity based on the recorded operating position, a target space is derived for placing the distal end of the second robotic surgical tool (510) in close proximity to the location of the distal end of the first robotic surgical tool (500) in the operating position prior to its removal from the cavity. A controller (534) is provided to control the slave manipulator (530) to guide the distal end of the second robotic surgical tool (510), during insertion of the second tool (510), to a location within the target space.
摘要:
Enhanced telepresence and telesurgery systems automatically update coordinate transformations so as to retain alignment between movement of an input device (700) and movement of an end effector as displayed adjacent the input device. A processor maps a controller workspace with an end effector workspace, and effects movement of the end effector in response to movement of the input device (700). This allows the use of kinematically dissimilar master and slave linkages. Gripping an input member near a gimbal point and appropriate input member to end effector mapping points enhance the operator's control. Dexterity is enhanced by accurately tracking orientational and/or angles of movement, even if linear movement distances of the end effector do not correspond to those of the input device.
摘要:
This invention relates to establishing alignment or a desired orientational relationship between a master and a slave of a telerobotic system. The invention can advantageously be used in a surgical apparatus. A method of establishing a desired orientational relationship between a hand-held part of a master control and an end effector of an associated slave as viewed in an image displayed on a viewer is provided. The method includes causing the end effector to remain stationary, determining a current orientation of the end effector relative to a viewing end of an image capturing device operatively associated with the viewer and determining a desired corresponding orientation of the hand-held part of the master control relative to the viewer, at which orientation the desired orientational relationship between the hand-held part of the master control and the end effector would be established. The method further includes causing the hand-held part of the master control to be moved into the desired corresponding orientation. The invention extends to a control system arranged to cause the desired orientational relationship between the hand-held part of the master control and the end effector of the associated slave., as viewed in the displayed imaged on the viewer, to be established when operative control between the master control and the slave has been interrupted.
摘要:
This invention relates to establishing alignment or a desired orientational relationship between a master and a slave of a telerobotic system. The invention can advantageously be used in a surgical apparatus. A method of establishing a desired orientational relationship between a hand-held part of a master control and an end effector of an associated slave as viewed in an image displayed on a viewer is provided. The method includes causing the end effector to remain stationary, determining a current orientation of the end effector relative to a viewing end of an image capturing device operatively associated with the viewer and determining a desired corresponding orientation of the hand-held part of the master control relative to the viewer, at which orientation the desired orientational relationship between the hand-held part of the master control and the end effector would be established. The method further includes causing the hand-held part of the master control to be moved into the desired corresponding orientation. The invention extends to a control system arranged to cause the desired orientational relationship between the hand-held part of the master control and the end effector of the associated slave., as viewed in the displayed imaged on the viewer, to be established when operative control between the master control and the slave has been interrupted.
摘要:
Robotics surgical systems, devices, include selected associatablc master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capture device, a left-hand tissue manipulation tool, a right-hand manipulation tool, and a fourth surgical instrument, particularly stabilizing, retracting, tool change, or other functions benefiting from intermittent movement. The four or more arms may sequentially be controlled by left and right master input control devices. The fourth arm may be used to support another image capture device, and control of some or all of the arms may be transferred back and forth between the operator, and an assistant. Two or more robotics systems each having master controls (200) and slave manipulators (300) may be coupled to enable cooperative surgery between two or more operators (O,A1,A2).
摘要:
Teleoperator techniques often make use of at least one input device which can be selectively operatively associated with, for example, either a surgical instrument (26) to treat tissues, or with an image of a surgical worksite shown to a system operator on a display (14). A novel image manipulation arrangement (12) effects movement of the image connected to the input device, optionally while the instrument (or instruments) (26) remain at a fixed location at the worksite. This can give the operator the appearance of grasping and/or manipulating target tissue and worksite into a desired position for viewing, while movement of the image is actually effected by repositioning of the image capture device (24), electronic image manipulation, or the like. Alternative embodiments may make use of dedicated input devices for the image capture device (24) and the instrument (26), and these image manipulation and teleoperator techniques will find uses in industrial, hazardous environment, and other applications.
摘要:
Robotics surgical systems, devices, include selected associatablc master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capture device, a left-hand tissue manipulation tool, a right-hand manipulation tool, and a fourth surgical instrument, particularly stabilizing, retracting, tool change, or other functions benefiting from intermittent movement. The four or more arms may sequentially be controlled by left and right master input control devices. The fourth arm may be used to support another image capture device, and control of some or all of the arms may be transferred back and forth between the operator, and an assistant. Two or more robotics systems each having master controls (200) and slave manipulators (300) may be coupled to enable cooperative surgery between two or more operators (O,A1,A2).