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US 2006/0069310 A1Published application
Programmable brake control system for use in a medical device
OwnerLucien Couvilloninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for providing programmable brake control in a fly-by-wire medical instrument system are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a brake control system that includes a brake control algorithm that provides temporal and spatial control of the motion of a medical instrument.
Claims13
A medical instrument control system comprising:
- a user input device;
- a motion processor that produces position commands from inputs of the user input device;
- one or more motors that selectively tension control cables in a medical instrument in response to the position commands from the motion processor;
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- a programmable brake control that filters the position commands produced by the motion processor with reference to the history of the instrument's position and as a function of one or more operating parameters of the instrument.
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A method for providing programmable brake control in a medical instrument imaging system comprising:
- obtaining input information associated with a procedural mode of the imaging system;
- determining a preprogrammed braking algorithm associated with the procedural mode;
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- filtering motion command signals to be provided to actuators within the imaging system for moving the instrument with the preprogrammed braking algorithm to generate modified motion commands prior to the execution of the motion commands in an actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.