MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230025430A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17832347

    申请日:2022-06-03

    IPC分类号: G01B7/00 G01B7/30 G01D5/14

    摘要: A position sensing arrangement for sensing the position of a revolute joint of an articulated structure. The position sensing arrangement comprises a disc and a magnetic sensor assembly. The disc complises a first magnetic ring with m magnetic pole pairs, and a second magnetic ring with n magnetic pole pairs, where m and n are co-prime, and a mounting arrangement by which the disc is mountable to a magnetisation jig during manufacture and the articulated structure during operation, the mounting arrangement permitting the disc to be momlted to the magnetisation jig and articulated structure in a single orientation only. The magnetic sensor assembly comprises a first magnetic sensor array for detecting the magnetic pole pairs of the first magnetic ring, and a second magnetic sensor array for detecting the magnetic pole pairs of the second magnetic ring.

    DETECTING A TRIGGER IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220395338A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17779438

    申请日:2020-06-22

    IPC分类号: A61B34/30

    摘要: A surgical robotic system for identifying the triggering of a condition in the system, the system comprising: a first robot arm; a controller; and a first wiring arrangement configured to provide an electrical connection between the first robot arm and the controller, the first wiring arrangement comprising: a first electrical coupling comprising circuitry configured to generate a selective electrical disconnect; a second electrical coupling; a first sensor configured to measure a first electrical output from the first electrical coupling; and a second sensor configured to measure a second electrical output from the second electrical coupling; wherein the controller is configured to detect the triggering of the condition by comparing the first electrical output and the second electrical output.

    Rotary encoder
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11333531B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US16839287

    申请日:2020-04-03

    IPC分类号: G01D5/245 G01D5/14

    摘要: A device for sensing the relative rotary position of first and second parts about a rotation axis, the device comprising a follower constrained to move on a first track fast with the first part and on a second track fast with the second part, the first track being linear and the second track comprising a plurality of circular arcs and at least one transition section connecting one of the circular arcs to another, the tracks being arranged so as to convert relative rotation of the parts into linear motion of the follower, wherein the second track is generally spiral, each circular arc is of constant radius about the rotation axis and the first track is perpendicular to the rotation axis.

    CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM

    公开(公告)号:US20210259792A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17183626

    申请日:2021-02-24

    IPC分类号: A61B34/35

    摘要: A control system for a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a remote surgeon console and an articulated surgical robot arm comprising a series of joints extending from a base to a terminal end for attaching to an articulated surgical instrument. The control system comprises a central controller communicatively coupled to and remotely located from an arm controller of the surgical robot arm, the central controller also communicatively coupled to a surgeon input device of the surgeon console. The central controller is configured to: receive a command from the surgeon input device indicating a desired position of a distal end of the surgical instrument; transform the desired position of the distal end to (i) a desired wrist position of a wrist of the surgical robot arm, and (ii) desired instrument drive joint positions for those joints of the surgical robot arm which drive joints of the articulated surgical instrument; and transmit the desired wrist position and desired instrument drive joint positions to the arm controller.

    SENSING MOTOR CURRENT
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210190833A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17195717

    申请日:2021-03-09

    摘要: A circuit for sensing the driving current of a motor, the circuit comprising: a driver configured to generate a driving current for each phase of a multiple-phase motor, the instantaneous sum of all the driving currents being zero; a current sensor for each phase of the multiple-phase motor, each current sensor configured to measure the driving current of that phase and comprising a plurality of current sensor elements arranged with respect to each other such that each current sensor element has the same magnitude of driving current systematic error due to magnetic fields external to the driving current to be measured; and a controller configured to, for each phase of the multiple-phase motor, generate an estimate of the driving current of that phase to be the measured driving current of that phase minus 1/n of the total of the measured driving currents for all phases, n being the number of phases of the multiple-phase motor.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO A USER OF A SURGICAL ROBOT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240307136A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18675489

    申请日:2024-05-28

    摘要: A system for providing assistance to a user of a surgical robot system, the system comprising: a surgical robot system comprising at least one surgical robot having a base, and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered; and an assistance module comprising a list of steps of a task for which procedural assistance can be provided, the assistance module being configured to: receive, while the surgical robot system is being used to perform the task, status data indicating a status of the surgical robot system; determine, from the status data, whether the surgical robot system is in a procedural assistance state, the surgical robot system being in a procedural assistance state when the surgical robot system is being, or, is about to be, used to perform one of the steps of the task for which procedural assistance can be provided; and in response to determining that the surgical robot system is in a procedural assistance state, cause the surgical robot system to provide procedural assistance to the user in performing the step of the task while the surgical robot system is being used to perform the task.

    DEVICE INTEROPERATION
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230277265A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US18197228

    申请日:2023-05-15

    摘要: A surgical robotic system comprising: a surgical robot; a user interface console coupled to the surgical robot whereby a user can control motion of the surgical robot; a data logger for logging data from a surgical procedure performed by means of the robot; and a portable user terminal; the system further comprising: a display controllable by one of the data logger and the user terminal, that one of the data logger and the user terminal being configured for displaying a machine-readable code whereby the data logger or a user of the user terminal can be identified; and a camera coupled to the other of the data logger and the user terminal; the said other of the data logger and the user terminal being configured to, on receiving from the camera an image of a machine-readable code, decode that code to identify the data logger or a user of the user terminal and to cause the identified entity to be logged in association with a procedure performed by means of the robot.

    FEATURE IDENTIFICATION
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210315645A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US17282712

    申请日:2019-10-03

    摘要: A surgical robotic system for augmenting a representation of a surgical site at which a surgical procedure can be carried out, the system comprising: a display configured to display part or all of a representation of at least a portion of a surgical site; a controller comprising an input device, whereby the input device can control an indicator on the display, the controller being configured to output an augmentation signal in response to user input relating to the representation; and a processor configured to receive the augmentation signal and, in response to the received augmentation signal, to augment the representation of the surgical site.