Hand controller for robotic surgery system
AssigneeTitan Medical Inc.
InventorJohn D. Unsworth
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Abstract
A Robotic control system has a wand, which emits multiple narrow beams of light, which fall on a light sensor array, or with a camera, a surface, defining the wand's changing position and attitude which a computer uses to direct relative motion of robotic tools or remote processes, such as those that are controlled by a mouse, but in three dimensions and motion compensation means and means for reducing latency.
Claims20
A hand controller for a robotic surgery system, the hand controller comprising:
- a body shaped to be grasped by a user's hand and extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
- a first control pivotally attached to the body, the first control configured to permit a user to control a first function of a surgical instrument;
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- a second control supported by a side of the body at a location between the proximal end and the distal end, the second control configured to move in a direction parallel to a length of the body to permit a user to control, via a linear input, a second function of the surgical instrument, the second function being different from the first function.
A hand controller for a robotic surgery system, the hand controller comprising:
- a body shaped to be grasped by a user's hand and extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
- a first control supported by the body, the first control configured to cause activation of a first function of a surgical instrument;
- and
- a second control supported by a side of the body at a location between the proximal end and the distal end, the second control configured to move along the side of the body to cause, via a user's linear input, activation of a second function of the surgical instrument, the second function being different from the first function.
A method of operating a robotic surgery system comprising a hand controller, the method comprising:
- activating a first function of a surgical instrument by turning about a pivot point a first control of the hand controller, the first control pivotally coupled to a body of the hand controller that extends between a proximal end and a distal end;
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- activating a second function of the surgical instrument by linearly moving a second control of the hand controller along a side of the body, the second control being supported on the side of the body at a location between the proximal end and the distal end, the second function being different from the first function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.