Systems and methods of providing assistance to a surgeon for minimizing errors during a surgical procedure

Q method for providing surgical assistance, the method comprising:

• planning for a surgical procedure for a subject patient having an identified condition by:
• receiving input identifying at least one of a haptic barrier and a hard barrier for different types of tissues, and
• associating at least one form of feedback with, respectively, the haptic barrier and the hard barrier;
• providing real-time assistance during an actual surgical procedure on the subject patient by:
• monitoring a position of a robotic surgical tool,
• detecting movement of the robotic surgical tool into at least one of the haptic barrier and the hard barrier,
• providing a haptic feedback when the robotic surgical tool crosses the haptic barrier, and
• stopping movement of the robotic surgical tool when the robotic surgical tool crosses the hard barrier.

A method for providing surgical assistance, the method comprising:

• planning for a surgical procedure for a subject patient having an identified condition using a virtual reality (VR) simulation of an affected area of the subject patient, by:
• setting deviation margins for providing at least one of a visual feedback and a haptic feedback during the surgical procedure;
• tracking motion of a surgical tool during the VR simulation;
• providing at least one of the visual feedback and the haptic feedback upon detection of a deviation of the surgical tool from a surgical path set for the VR simulation;
• receiving one or more annotations at the deviation point;
• and
• storing the one or more annotations in accordance with a respective time stamp for the respective deviation points.

A computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause one or more processors to:

• interact with a user to plan for a surgical procedure for a subject patient having an identified condition using a virtual reality (VR) simulation of an affected area of the subject patient, by:
• setting deviation margins for providing at least one of a visual feedback and a haptic feedback to the user during the surgical procedure,
• tracking motion of a surgical tool during the VR simulation,
• providing, to the user, at least one of the visual feedback and the haptic feedback upon detection of a deviation of the surgical tool from a surgical path set for the VR simulation,
• receiving one or more annotations at the deviation point;
• and
• storing the one or more annotations in accordance with a respective time stamp for the respective deviation points.