System and method for surgical tool insertion using multiaxis force and moment feedback
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsNeil Crawford, Norbert Johnson
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for providing a degree of freedom to a guide tube associated with a robotic surgical system. The surgical robot system may be configured to have six degrees of freedom associated with a vertical lift, rotation about a shoulder, rotation about an elbow, roll of a forearm, pitch of the end-effector, and rotation of a guide tube independent from the end-effector. The robotic surgical system allows for the proper orientation of an instrument in the guide tube along a trajectory to the operational site of a patient.
Claims20
A surgical robot system comprising:
- a robot base;
- a robot arm connected to and in electronic communication with the robot base;
- an end-effector connected to the robot arm and in electronic communication with the robot base, wherein the end-effector comprises a guide tube and is configured to receive a surgical instrument, and
- wherein the guide tube is configured automatically rotate about a central axis of the guide tube as the robot arm and end-effector are moved along a trajectory to a surgical site.
A method of moving a surgical robot system relative to a patient comprising:
- registering the surgical robot system to an anatomy of the patient, wherein the surgical robot system includes:
- a robot base;
- a robot arm connected to and in electronic communication with the robot base;
- an end-effector connected to the robot arm and in electronic communication with the robot base, wherein the end-effector comprises a guide tube and is configured to receive a surgical instrument, and
- moving the robot arm and end-effector along a trajectory to the anatomy of the patient, wherein the guide tube is configured to automatically rotate about a central axis of the guide tube as the robot arm and end-effector are moved along the trajectory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.