Optical communication system
AssigneeThink Surgical, Inc.
InventorsJoel Zuhars, Saleh Tabandeh
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Abstract
An optical tracking system includes at least one tracking array for generating and optically transmitting data between 1 and 2,000 MB/s. At least one tracker for optically receiving the optically transmitted data between 1 and 2,000 MB/s is also provided. The tracking system is used not only for tracking objects and sending tracking information quickly but also providing the user or other components in an operating room with additional data relevant to an external device such as a computer assisted device. Orthopedic surgical procedures such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are performed more efficiently and with better result with the optical tracking system.
Claims20
A robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a robotic surgical device having one or more processors and a photosensor in communication with at least one of said one or more processors;
- a first set of at least three active light emitting diodes (LEDs), wherein at least one of said at least three active LEDs is a first data-transmitting-LED in communication with at least one of said one or more processors and transmitting data, wherein at least one of said one or more processors modulate the first data-transmitting-LED to transmit the data, the data inherent to the robotic surgical device, and wherein at least three active LEDs from said at least three active LEDs emit signals to permit tracking of a position and orientation of the robotic surgical device;
- at least one tracker for line-of-sight tracking of the robotic surgical device and receiving said data inherent of the robotic surgical device;
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- a second data-transmitting-LED on said at least one tracker, wherein the second data-transmitting-LED is modulated to transmit additional data used to execute or be executed by the robotic surgical device to implement a surgical plan, the additional data is associated with the surgical plan or is positional data as to the robotic surgical device to cause the robotic surgical device to adjust at least one of a position or orientation of a tool operated by the robotic surgical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.