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US 2021/0330409 A1Published application
Surgical Robot and Method for Setting Pivot Position
AssigneesKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Medicaroid Corporation
InventorsHiroaki KITATSUJI, Tsuyoshi TOJO, Yusuke TANIGAKE
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Abstract
In a surgical robot, a pivot position teaching button is pressed with a tip end of a medical device moved to a position corresponding to an insertion position of a trocar inserted into a body surface of a patient such that a pivot position is stored in a storage.
Claims20
A surgical robot comprising:
- an arm having a tip end side to which a medical device is attached;
- an operation unit attached to the arm, the operation unit being configured to operate the arm;
- and
- a storage, wherein
- the operation unit includes a pivot position teaching button configured to store in the storage a pivot position that serves as a fulcrum for movement of the medical device attached to the arm;
- and
- the pivot position teaching button is pressed with a tip end of the medical device attached to the tip end side of the arm moved to a position corresponding to an insertion position of a trocar inserted into a body surface of a patient by the operation unit such that the pivot position is stored in the storage.
4 more elements
A method for setting a pivot position, the method comprising:
- moving a tip end of a medical device attached to a tip end side of an arm to a position corresponding to an insertion position of a trocar inserted into a body surface of a patient by operating the arm;
- and
- storing in a storage the pivot position that serves as a fulcrum for movement of the medical device attached to the arm by pressing a pivot position teaching button with the tip end of the medical device moved to the position corresponding to the insertion position of the trocar.
A method for setting a pivot position, the method comprising:
- moving a tip end of a medical device attached to a tip end side of an arm to a position at which an outer surface of a trocar inserted into a body surface of a patient and the body surface contact each other by operating the arm;
- and
- storing in a storage the pivot position that serves as a fulcrum for movement of the medical device attached to the arm by receiving an instruction to store the pivot position with the tip end of the medical device moved to the position at which the outer surface of the trocar inserted into the body surface of the patient and the body surface contact each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.