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US 12,290,938 B2Granted
Robotic arm system, method and computer program
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsChristopher Wright, Bernadette Elliott-Bowman, Naoyuki Hirota
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Abstract
A robotic arm system for surgery is described. The method includes: processing circuitry configured to: apply a virtual barrier preventing a human controlled surgical device from entering an area within a surgical scene; and release the virtual barrier in response to a gesture.
Claims11
A robotic arm system for surgery, comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- apply a virtual barrier that prevents a human controlled surgical device from entering an area within a surgical scene and to restrict movement of a robotic arm holding a surgical device, and
- on condition that the surgical device held by the robotic arm corresponds to a surgical device to perform a next surgical procedure, release the virtual barrier in response to a gesture, wherein the gesture is selected based on a starting position of the human controlled surgical device of the next surgical procedure.
A method of operating a robotic arm system for surgery, the method including:
- applying a virtual barrier preventing a human controlled surgical device from entering an area within a surgical scene and restricting movement of a robotic arm holding a surgical device;
- and
- on condition that the surgical device held by the robotic arm corresponds to a surgical device to perform a next surgical procedure, releasing the virtual barrier in response to a gesture, wherein the gesture is selected based on a starting position of the human controlled surgical device of the next surgical procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.