Systems and methods for autonomous intravenous needle insertion
AssigneeVeebot Systems, Inc.
InventorsRichard J. Harris, Joseph B. Mygatt, Stuart I. Harris
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Abstract
Systems and methods for autonomous intravenous needle insertion are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a system for autonomous intravenous insertion include a robot arm, one or more sensors pivotally attached to the robot arm for gathering information about potential insertion sites in a subject arm, a medical device pivotally attached to the robot arm, and a controller in communication with the sensors and the robot arm, wherein the controller receives the information from the sensors about potential insertion sites, and the controller selects a target insertion site and directs the robot arm to insert the medical device into the target insertion site.
Claims24
A method for intravenous needle insertion comprising:
- receiving, from one or more sensors, information about potential insertion sites for a needle from one or more sensors, the potential insertion sites comprising one or more blood vessels of a subject arm, wherein the one or more sensors are disposed on a sensor assembly coupled to a robotic positioning system;
- identifying a target insertion site in a target blood vessel in three-dimensional coordinates and orientation of the target blood vessel based on the information received from the one or more sensors;
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- based on the three-dimensional coordinates and orientation of the target blood vessel at the target insertion site, autonomously guiding the robotic positioning system to insert a needle into the target insertion site, wherein the needle is held by a needle holding tool coupled to the robotic positioning system.
A method for intravenous needle insertion comprising:
- receiving information about potential insertion sites from one or more sensors, the potential insertion sites comprising one or more blood vessels of a subject arm;
- based on the information received from the one or more sensors, determining a location of an elbow in a subject arm, providing a ranking of potential insertion sites depending on the location relative to the elbow;
- and identifying a target blood vessel at a target insertion site based on the ranking of the potential insertion sites;
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- directing a needle to the target insertion site and inserting the needle into the subject arm at the target insertion site.
A system for an intravenous insertion, the system comprises:
- a robotic positioning system comprising a holding tool being configured to hold an end-effector for insertion into a blood vessel at a target insertion site;
- a sensor assembly including one or more sensors to gather information about the target insertion site in the blood vessel, wherein the sensor assembly is in a fixed relation to the target insertion site or to the end-effector;
- a user interface displaying procedures and options for selection by a user input;
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- a controller in communication with the one or more sensors and the robotic positioning system, wherein the controller is programmed to receive and process the information from the one or more sensors about the target insertion site in the blood vessel and to autonomously direct the end-effector into the blood vessel at the target insertion site based on the information received from the one or more sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.