Surgical robot and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKee Hong SEO
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a surgical robot including a slave device performing a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device controlling the surgical operation of the slave device. The slave device includes an image capture unit including a first lighting unit radiating visible light, a second lighting unit radiating UV light, and a camera capturing a visible-light image and a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material emitting light in response to UV light radiated by the second lighting unit.
Claims20
A surgical robot comprising a slave device adapted to perform a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device adapted to control the surgical operation of the slave device,
- wherein the slave device comprises:
- an image capture unit comprising a first lighting unit to radiate visible light, a second lighting unit to radiate UV light, and a camera to capture a visible-light image;
- and
- a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material adapted to emit light in response to UV light radiated by the second lighting unit.
A method of controlling a surgical robot comprising a slave device performing a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device controlling the surgical operation of the slave device, the method comprising:
- performing the surgical operation by inserting a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material into a patient's body;
- radiating visible light and UV light into the patient's body;
- acquiring a first image during visible light radiation and a second image during UV radiation;
- and
- calculating a position and a direction of the surgical tool using the acquired first image and second image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.