System for robot-assisted medical treatment
AssigneeKUKA Roboter GmbH
InventorThomas NEFF
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Abstract
A system (1) and a method for robot-assisted medical treatment of a patient. The system comprises a manipulator (20), a medical visualization device (30), which is mounted on the manipulator (20) in order to be moved by said manipulator; and a medical instrument (40), which is provided with at least one marker (41) in order that the location of the medical instrument (40) can be detected. A control device (10) moves the manipulator such that the visualization device is orientated depending on the location or position of the medical instrument.
Claims19
A system for robot-assisted medical treatment of a patient;
- comprising:
- a manipulator, in particular a multiaxial articulated robot,
- a medical visualization device, which is mounted on the manipulator in order to be moved by said manipulator;
- a medical instrument, which is provided with at least one marker in order that the location of the medical instrument can be detected;
- and
- a control device, which is configured to determine the location of the medical instrument with the aid of the marker and to move the manipulator with the medical visualization device depending on the determined location of the medical instrument.
The system according to claim, wherein the control device is configured to move the manipulator with the medical visualization device depending on the location of the medical instrument in such a way that the medical visualization device detects at least a part of the instrument.
A method for robot-assisted medical treatment of a patient;
- comprising the following steps:
- determining the location of a medical visualization device, which is mounted on a manipulator, in particular a multiaxial articulated robot, in order for it to be moved by said manipulator;
- determining the location of a medical instrument relative to the location of the medical visualization device;
- moving the manipulator with the medical visualization device depending on the relative location of the medical instrument and the medical visualization device.
The method according to claim, wherein the movement of the manipulator is realized depending on the relative location of the medical instrument and the medical visualization device in such a way that the medical visualization device detects at least a part of the instrument and follows a movement of this part of the instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.