Robotic hand controller
AssigneeTitan Medical Inc.
InventorsUwe Schaible, Drazena Brocilo, John Harmen
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Abstract
A hand controller for enabling a user to perform an activity and method for controlling a robotic arm is provided. The hand controller includes a bar with a grip and a plurality of motors to provide a force feedback to the user in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms. The method involves receiving input corresponding to the manipulation of a bar and providing a force feedback in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms.
Claims22
A hand controller for controlling an end-effector of a surgical tool in a robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a contoured support bar having a lower stem and an upper head that extends generally transverse to the lower stem, at least a portion of the upper head having a greater width than the lower stem, a posterior side of the lower stem having a contoured rear surface, the lower stem having a connector for operatively connecting the hand controller to a console, the contoured support bar configured to receive a user's hand thereon so that a thumb of the user's hand extends over a medial side of the upper head, an index finger of the user's hand extends relative to a lateral side of the upper head, and a palm of the user's hand extends at least partially about the contoured rear surface of the lower stem;
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- a finger support member on the lateral side of the upper head and configured to support an index finger of the user's hand, the finger support member having a ring configured to support at least a portion of the index finger.
A hand controller for controlling an end-effector of a surgical tool in a robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a contoured support bar having a lower stem and an upper head that extends generally transverse to the lower stem, at least a portion of the upper head having a greater width than the lower stem, a posterior side of the lower stem having a contoured rear surface, the lower stem having a connector for connecting the hand controller to a console, the lower stem transitioning to the upper head via a curved anterior surface, the contoured support bar configured to receive a user's hand thereon so that a thumb of the user's hand extends over a medial side of the upper head, an index finger of the user's hand extends relative to a lateral side of the upper head, and a palm of the user's hand extends at least partially about the contoured rear surface of the lower stem;
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- a finger support member on the lateral side of the upper head and configured to support an index finger of the user's hand, the finger support member having a ring configured to support at least a portion of the index finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.