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US 2016/0354162 A1Published application
Drilling control system and drilling control method
AssigneeNational Taiwan University
InventorsPING-LANG YEN, Ting-Ya Hsiao, Chih-Min Yang
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to the drilling control system and the drilling control method for surgical applications. The drilling control system may comprise a drilling device, a spatial sensor system and a control unit. The control unit may receive and store biomechanical information, mechanical information and spatial information to generate control output. With the present disclosure, the accuracy and safety of drilling process is greatly improved.
Claims14
A drilling control system comprising:
- a drilling device comprising a surgical tool, a drilling motor driving the surgical tool, a mechanical sensor detecting mechanical information, a robotic arm assembly receiving a control output and detecting spindle information, and an operation base coupled to the robotic arm assembly;
- a control unit coupled to the drilling device and a spatial sensor system, wherein the control unit stores biomechanical information, generates drilling information according to the mechanical information received from the mechanical sensor, the spindle information from the drilling device and spatial information received from the spatial sensor system, calculates a discrepancy index according to the biomechanical information and the drilling information, and sends the control output to the drilling device according to the discrepancy index.
A drilling control method performed at a drilling control system, the method comprising:
- detecting mechanical information at a mechanical sensor
- receiving and storing, at the control unit, biomechanical information, mechanical information, spatial information and spindle information;
- generating, at the control unit, drilling information according to the mechanical information the spatial information and the spindle information;
- calculating, at the control unit, a discrepancy index according to the biomechanical information and the drilling information;
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- sending, at the control unit, a control output to a drilling device according to the discrepancy index.
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