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US 2016/0249993 A1Published application
Adapting manual laparoscopic surgical instruments for robotic telesurgery applications
AssigneeSina Robotics and Medical Innovators Co. Ltd
InventorsFarzam Farahmand, Alireza Mirbagheri, Saeed Behzadipour, Alireza Alamdar, Shahrzad Hanifeh, Seyed Mohsen Khadem, Mohamad Mehdi Moradi
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Abstract
A tool adapting device attaches to a robotic surgery arm, and receives a manual surgical instrument, and translates movement by the robotic surgery arm into multiple degrees of freedom of the manual surgical instrument, to interact with a tissue under surgery.
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A tool adapting device for adapting manual surgical instruments for robotic surgery applications, the device comprising:
- an attachment interface configured for connecting the tool adapting device to a distal end of a robotic surgery arm;
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- a tool activating mechanism configured for holding a manual surgical instrument and activating degrees of freedom of the manual surgical instrument to interact with a tissue under surgery,
- wherein, the tool activating mechanism is controllable via the robotic surgery arm.
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A method for adapting manual surgical instruments to robotic surgery, the method comprising steps of:
- attaching a tool adapting device on the distal end of a robotic surgery arm;
- placing a manual surgical tool inside the tool adapting device;
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- activating the manual surgical tool in at least two degrees of freedom, to interact with a tissue under surgery, including moving the robotic surgery arm to control the tool adapting device tool in a manner that translates to moving the manual surgical tool in multiple degrees of freedom.
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