US 12,350,004 B2 · Signaling of sterile adapter and tool attachment for use in a robotic surgical system

Abstract

Generally, a system for use in a robotic surgical system may be used to determine an attachment state between a tool driver, sterile adapter, and surgical tool of the system. The system may include sensors used to generate attachment data corresponding to the attachment state. The attachment state may be used to control operation of the tool driver and surgical tool. In some variations, one or more of the attachment states may be visually output to an operator using one or more of the tool driver, sterile adapter, and surgical tool. In some variations, the tool driver and surgical tool may include electronic communication devices configured to be in close proximity when the surgical tool is attached to the sterile adapter and tool driver.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for use in a robotic surgical system, the system comprising:

a tool driver configured to attach to a surgical tool via a sterile adapter, the tool driver comprising at least one sterile adapter sensor and at least one surgical tool sensor that are configured to generate at least one sensor signal corresponding to an attachment state between one or more of the tool driver, the sterile adapter and the surgical tool;
a controller coupled to the tool driver to control actuation of the tool driver and generate attachment data comprising at least one attachment state between the tool driver, the sterile adapter and the surgical tool using the at least one sensor signal;
and
an illumination source coupled to the tool driver and configured to emit a light having a characteristic corresponding to the at least one attachment state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/313,936Filed 8 May 2023 · continuation

Priority

20 Dec 2016

Published

US 2023/0355341 A19 Nov 2023

Granted

8 Jul 2025

Term ends

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Classification43 codes

A61B 46/10
Surgical drapes: specially adapted for instruments, e.g. microscopes
A61B 17/00234
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery
A61B 34/30
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical robots
A61B 34/35
Surgical robots: for telesurgery

Family

Application62/436,974Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2016

Application62/436,981Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2016

Application62/436,965Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2016

Application62/436,957Us provisional application · filed 20 Dec 2016

Application15/847,518Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Dec 2017

Application17/370,487Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Jul 2021

US 11,071,604 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Jul 2021

US 2023/0355341 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Nov 2023

US 11,678,948 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2018/0168761 A1Published application

US 2022/0031415 A1Published application

US 12,350,004 B2This patent

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Signaling of sterile adapter and tool attachment for use in a robotic surgical system

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Signaling of sterile adapter and tool attachment for use in a robotic surgical system

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Abstract

Claims20