POSITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE
    1.
    发明申请
    POSITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE 审中-公开
    定位装置及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140135797A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-15

    申请号:US14160248

    申请日:2014-01-21

    IPC分类号: A61B19/00 A61B17/00

    摘要: A positioning system having a base, a manually movable end effector and a first joint interposed between the base and the end effector is disclosed. The first joint may comprise a proximal portion and a distal portion coupled together by magnetic attraction and configured to be intermittently separated by a pressurized gas cushion. The first joint may be configured to be changeable between a movable state and a fixed state. In the movable state, the proximal and distal portions are separated by the pressurized gas cushion and are movable relative to each other. In the fixed state, the proximal and distal portions contact each other and relative movement is thereby impeded.Methods of precisely positioning an end effector may include providing a device having a base, a first joint located distally from the base, and an end effector located distally from the first joint. The first joint may have two portions separated by a gas cushion, the first joint allowing the end effector to be movable with respect to the base. The method may further comprise manually positioning the end effector, and removing the gas cushion to cause the two joint portions to contact each other, thereby locking the end effector in the precise location in which it was positioned.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种定位系统,其具有基座,手动可移动的端部执行器和插入在基座和末端执行器之间的第一接头。 第一关节可以包括通过磁吸引而联接在一起的近端部分和远端部分,并且构造成被加压气体垫间断地分开。 第一接头可以构造成在可移动状态和固定状态之间是可变的。 在可移动状态下,近端部分和远端部分被加压气垫隔开,并且可相对于彼此移动。 在固定状态下,近端部分和远端部分彼此接触,从而阻碍相对运动。 精确定位末端执行器的方法可以包括提供具有基座,远离基部的第一关节以及远离第一关节的末端执行器的装置。 第一关节可以具有由气垫隔开的两个部分,第一关节允许末端执行器相对于基部移动。 该方法可以进一步包括手动地定位末端执行器,以及移除气垫以使两个关节部分彼此接触,从而将末端执行器锁定在其定位的精确位置。

    Positioning apparatus with lockable joints and method of use
    2.
    发明授权
    Positioning apparatus with lockable joints and method of use 失效
    带锁定接头的定位装置及使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US08632064B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-21

    申请号:US12503727

    申请日:2009-07-15

    IPC分类号: B23Q1/25 B25B1/22 B23Q3/18

    摘要: A positioning system having a base, a manually movable end effector and a first joint interposed between the base and the end effector is disclosed. The first joint may comprise a proximal portion and a distal portion coupled together by magnetic attraction and configured to be intermittently separated by a pressurized gas cushion. The first joint may be configured to be changeable between a movable state and a fixed state. In the movable state, the proximal and distal portions are separated by the pressurized gas cushion and are movable relative to each other. In the fixed state, the proximal and distal portions contact each other and relative movement is thereby impeded.Methods of precisely positioning an end effector may include providing a device having a base, a first joint located distally from the base, and an end effector located distally from the first joint. The first joint may have two portions separated by a gas cushion, the first joint allowing the end effector to be movable with respect to the base. The method may further comprise manually positioning the end effector, and removing the gas cushion to cause the two joint portions to contact each other, thereby locking the end effector in the precise location in which it was positioned.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种定位系统,其具有基座,手动可移动的端部执行器和插入在基座和端部执行器之间的第一接头。 第一关节可以包括通过磁吸引而联接在一起的近端部分和远端部分,并且构造成被加压气体垫间断地分开。 第一接头可以构造成在可移动状态和固定状态之间是可变的。 在可移动状态下,近端部分和远端部分被加压气垫隔开,并且可相对于彼此移动。 在固定状态下,近端部分和远端部分彼此接触,从而阻碍相对运动。 精确定位末端执行器的方法可以包括提供具有基座,远离基部的第一关节以及远离第一关节的末端执行器的装置。 第一关节可以具有由气垫隔开的两个部分,第一关节允许末端执行器相对于基部移动。 该方法可以进一步包括手动地定位末端执行器,以及移除气垫以使两个关节部分彼此接触,从而将末端执行器锁定在其定位的精确位置。

    Haptic device for telerobotic surgery
    3.
    发明授权
    Haptic device for telerobotic surgery 有权
    用于远程外科手术的触觉装置

    公开(公告)号:US08924009B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-30

    申请号:US12722332

    申请日:2010-03-11

    IPC分类号: B25J13/00

    摘要: A haptic device for telerobotic surgery, including a base; a linkage system having first and second linkage members coupled to the base; a motor that provides a motor force; a transmission including first and second driving pulleys arranged such that their faces form an angle and their axes form a plane, first and second idler pulleys offset from the plane and arranged between the first and second driving pulleys such that their axes divide the angle between the first and second driving pulleys, and a cable that traverses the first and second driving pulleys and the set of idler pulleys and transfers the motor force to the linkage system; an end effector coupled to distal ends of the first and second linkage members and maneuverable relative to the base; and a controller that modulates the motor force to simulate a body part at a point portion of the end effector.

    摘要翻译: 用于远程外科手术的触觉装置,包括基部; 连接系统,其具有联接到所述基座的第一和第二连杆构件; 提供电机力的电机; 传动装置包括第一和第二驱动带轮,其布置成使得它们的面形成一个角度并且它们的轴线形成一个平面,第一和第二惰轮从该平面偏移并且布置在第一和第二驱动带轮之间,使得它们的轴线将 第一和第二驱动滑轮以及横穿第一和第二驱动滑轮和一组惰轮的电缆,并将马达力传递到联动系统; 耦合到所述第一和第二连杆构件的远端的端部执行器并且相对于所述基座可操纵; 以及控制器,其调节所述马达力以模拟所述末端执行器的点部分处的身体部位。

    Force reflecting haptic interface
    5.
    发明授权
    Force reflecting haptic interface 失效
    力反映触觉界面

    公开(公告)号:US5898599A

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-27

    申请号:US771484

    申请日:1996-12-23

    摘要: An apparatus and method for physically exchanging a force with a user in a user-local environment. The apparatus includes a user connection element and a linkage physically linking the user connection element to a reference. The linkage provides at least six independent degrees of freedom to the user connection element. The linkage has an actuator system which powers at least three degrees of freedom of the user connection element, while at least three degrees of freedom remain unpowered. The method includes providing an apparatus which includes a user connection element and a linkage physically linking the user connection element to a reference, the linkage providing at least six independent degrees of freedom to the user connection element. The linkage of the apparatus provided has an actuator system which powers at least three of the six independent degrees of freedom relative to the reference. The method further includes connecting the user connection element to a body member of a user and powering at least three of the six independent degrees of freedom.

    摘要翻译: 一种在用户本地环境中与用户物理交换力的装置和方法。 该装置包括用户连接元件和将用户连接元件物理地链接到引用的链接。 该连接为用户连接元件提供至少六个独立的自由度。 连杆具有致动器系统,该致动器系统为用户连接元件的至少三个自由度供电,而至少三个自由度保持不起动作。 该方法包括提供一种装置,其包括用户连接元件和物理地将用户连接元件与参考连接的连杆,所述连接为用户连接元件提供至少六个独立的自由度。 所提供的装置的连接具有致动器系统,该致动器系统相对于基准来提供六个独立的自由度中的至少三个。 该方法还包括将用户连接元件连接到用户的身体成员并为六个独立自由度中的至少三个提供动力。

    Force reflecting haptic interface
    6.
    发明授权
    Force reflecting haptic interface 失效
    力反映触觉界面

    公开(公告)号:US5625576A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-29

    申请号:US130639

    申请日:1993-10-01

    摘要: A connection element such as a thimble connects to a user's body member and, through a linkage, to a ground reference. The apparatus physically exchanges a force with a user in an environment local to the user. The linkage powers at least three independent freedoms of the connection element relative to the reference. It also maintains at least one independent freedom of the connection element relative to the reference free of power. Up to three independent freedoms of the connection element may be maintained free of power, and up to five independent freedoms may be powered. A gimbal connects the gimbal to the linkage. Zero, one or two of the gimbal axes may be powered. A five bar linkage connects the connection element to a counter-balance that also includes two actuators. A third actuator connects the five bar linkage to the reference. The two actuators of the counterbalance may be connected to the next link in the chain to the reference through a single cable. Signal processing equipment powers the actuators to deliver a signal at the connection element that represents a virtual situation generated by a programmed computer, or physical conditions in a remote environment. A virtual switch presents to the user the force and displacement relationship of a spring switch. A virtual bristled brush presents the force and displacement relationship of such a brush, while also changing the virtual environment to reflect the user's changes in location.

    摘要翻译: 诸如套管的连接元件连接到使用者的身体部件,并通过连杆机构连接到地面参考。 设备在用户本地的环境中与用户物理交换力。 连接能够使连接元件相对于参考的至少三个独立的自由。 它还保持连接元件相对于无功率的参考的至少一个独立的自由度。 连接元件最多可以保持三个独立的自由度,并且可以为多达五个独立的自由提供动力。 万向节连接万向节与连杆。 零,一个或两个万向轴可以通电。 五杆连接将连接元件连接到还包括两个执行器的平衡。 第三个执行器将五个杆连杆与参考连接。 平衡的两个致动器可以通过单个电缆连接到链中的下一个链路到参考。 信号处理设备为执行器供电,以在连接元件处传递代表由编程的计算机产生的虚拟情况或远程环境中的物理条件的信号。 虚拟开关向用户呈现弹簧开关的力和位移关系。 一个虚拟的刷毛显示了这样的刷子的力和位移关系,同时也改变了虚拟环境,以反映用户的位置变化。

    Compact cable transmission with cable differential
    7.
    发明授权
    Compact cable transmission with cable differential 失效
    带电缆差动的紧凑型电缆传输

    公开(公告)号:US5046375A

    公开(公告)日:1991-09-10

    申请号:US438524

    申请日:1989-11-17

    摘要: A pretensioned cable transmits power along a first support member (link) from a rotary actuator to a rotating output joint, typically an output pulley fixed to a second link arm but rotatable in a coupling between the first and second links. A reducer, typically two sets of coupled idler pulleys of different diameter, is mounted at a point removed from the actuator, and preferably as close as possible to the output joint. An axially split spool mounted on the actuator output wraps the outgoing and returning cable sections on different halves of the spool in opposite directions to provide pretensioning of the cable in the entire cable circuit at one point. The links and pulleys of the transmission are long and narrow. This high aspect ratio provides a compact configuration that is conductive to whole arm manipulations where any exterior surface of the links can engage an object. A low inertia, low friction brushless D.C. motor operating under the control of a pulse width modulated controller responsive to the current drawn by the motor, in combination with the cable transmission of this invention, provide excellent force control.

    摘要翻译: 预拉伸的电缆沿着第一支撑构件(连接)将动力从旋转致动器传递到旋转的输出接头,通常是固定到第二连杆臂但可在第一和第二连杆之间的联接中旋转的输出滑轮。 典型地,两组不同直径的联接惰轮的减速器安装在从致动器移除的点处,并且优选地尽可能靠近输出接头。 安装在致动器输出件上的轴向分开的线轴沿着相反的方向将出线和回复的电缆部分卷绕在线轴的不同的两半上,以在一点上提供电缆在整个电缆电路中的预拉伸。 变速器的连杆和滑轮长而窄。 这种高纵横比提供了一种紧凑的结构,其对于整个臂的操作是导电的,其中链节的任何外表面可以接合物体。 在脉冲宽度调制控制器的控制下运行的低惯量,低摩擦无刷直流电动机响应于电动机所产生的电流,结合本发明的电缆传动装置提供优异的力控制。