A laparoscopic tool system for minimally invasive surgery
OwnerAndre Hansen, Henriette Schultz Kirkegaard +1inventors
InventorsAndre Hansen, Henriette Schultz Kirkegaard, Steen Moller Hansen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a laparoscopic tool system for minimally invasive surgery. The laparoscopic tool system comprises a) a laparoscopic instrument, comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, b) a time-of-flight distance sensor set, comprising a time-of-flight light emitter and a time-of-flight receiver and/or a time-of-flight camera set, comprising a time-of-flight light emitter and a time-of-flight image sensor and, c) a computer system.
Claims2
A laparoscopic tool system for minimally invasive surgery, said laparoscopic tool system comprises
- a laparoscopic instrument, comprising a surgical tool and having a proximal portion and a distal portion,
- a time-of-flight distance sensor set, comprising a time-of-flight light emitter and a time-of-flight receiver, and
- a computer system,
- said time-of-flight light emitter and said time-of-flight receiver is fixed to said distal portion of said laparoscopic instrument, said time-of-flight light emitter being adapted for emitting light and said time-of-flight receiver being adapted to sensing reflected light emitted by said time-of-flight emitter and to generating received light data when reflected from a surface area within a preselected distance from said time-of-flight distance sensor set,
- said computer system being in data communication with said time-of-flight distance sensor set to receiving said received light data, and said computer system being adapted to calculate a real time distance between at least a part of said distal portion and said surface area.
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