Surgical robotic system and method for using instruments in training and surgical modes
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsEmily M. Ludwig, Brian A. Rockrohr
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Abstract
A surgical robotic system includes a surgical instrument and a robotic arm having an instrument drive unit configured to couple to and to actuate the surgical instrument. The system also includes a controller configured to: access usage data pertaining the surgical instrument; select an instrument operational mode for the surgical instrument based the usage data, the instrument operational mode being one of a surgical mode or a training mode; and enable use of the surgical instrument based on the selected instrument operational mode.
Claims16
A surgical robotic system comprising:
- a surgical instrument;
- a robotic arm including an instrument drive unit configured to couple to and to actuate the surgical instrument;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- access usage data pertaining the surgical instrument;
- compare the usage data to a usage threshold corresponding to an instrument operational mode of the surgical robotic system, the instrument operational mode being one of a surgical mode or a training mode;
- determine whether the surgical instrument is expired based on the usage data;
- prevent use of the surgical instrument in the surgical mode in response to determining that the usage data is below the usage threshold;
- and
- enable operation of the surgical instrument in the training mode by the instrument drive unit in response to the usage data being above the usage threshold.
A surgical robotic system comprising:
- a surgical instrument;
- a robotic arm including an instrument drive unit configured to couple to and to actuate the surgical instrument;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- set a system operational mode of the robotic arm in one of a surgical mode or a demonstration mode;
- access usage data pertaining the surgical instrument;
- compare the usage data to a usage threshold corresponding to an instrument operational mode,
- the instrument operational mode being one of the surgical mode or the demonstration mode;
- determine whether the surgical instrument is expired based on the usage data;
- prevent use of the surgical instrument in the surgical mode in response to determining that the usage data being is below the usage threshold;
- and
- enable use of the surgical instrument in the demonstration mode in response to:
- the usage data being above the usage threshold, and
- the system operational mode corresponding to the instrument operational mode.
A method for enabling use of a surgical instrument, the method comprising:
- accessing usage data of the surgical instrument;
- comparing the usage data to a usage threshold corresponding to an instrument operational mode of a surgical robotic system, the instrument operational mode being one of a surgical mode or a training mode;
- determining whether the surgical instrument is expired based on the usage data;
- preventing use of the surgical instrument in the surgical mode in response to determining that the usage data is below the usage threshold;
- and
- enabling operation of the surgical instrument in the training mode by an instrument drive unit in response to the usage data being above the usage threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.