Robotic hand controller
AssigneeTitan Medical Inc.
InventorsUwe Schaible, Drazena Brocilo, John Harmen
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Abstract
A hand controller for enabling a user to perform an activity and method for controlling a robotic arm is provided. The hand controller includes a bar with a grip and a plurality of motors to provide a force feedback to the user in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms. The method involves receiving input corresponding to the manipulation of a bar and providing a force feedback in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms.
Claims20
A hand controller for controlling an end-effector of a surgical tool in a robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a contoured support bar configured to receive a user's hand thereon so that a thumb of the user's hand extends over a medial side of the support bar, an index finger of the user's hand extends relative to a lateral side of the support bar, and a palm of the user's hand between the thumb and index finger extends about a contoured rear surface of the support bar that joins the medial and lateral sides of the support bar;
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- a lever movably coupled to the lateral side of the support bar, the lever having a ring configured to receive at least a portion of the index finger,
- wherein the lever is configured to be moved toward the support bar by the index finger and relative to the thumb to simulate a pinching motion to effect a pinching, grasping or cutting operation with the surgical tool.
A hand controller for controlling an end-effector of a surgical tool in a robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a contoured support bar configured to receive a user's hand thereon so that a thumb of the user's hand extends over a medial side of the support bar, an index finger of the user's hand extends relative to a lateral side of the support bar, and a palm of the user's hand between the thumb and index finger extends about a contoured rear surface of the support bar that joins the medial and lateral sides of the support bar;
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- an elongate lever pivotally coupled to the lateral side of the support bar, the elongate lever having a ring configured to receive at least a portion of the index finger,
- wherein the elongate lever is configured to be pivoted toward the support bar by the index finger and relative to the thumb to simulate a pinching motion to effect a pinching, grasping or cutting operation with the surgical tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.