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.
Claims22
A hand controller for controlling an end-effector of a surgical tool in a robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a contoured support bar having a lower stem and an upper head that extends generally transverse to the lower stem, the upper head having a greater width than the lower stem, a posterior side of the lower stem having a contoured rear surface, the contoured support bar configured to receive a user's hand thereon so that an index finger of the user's hand extends relative to a lateral side of the upper head and a palm of the user's hand extends at least partially about the contoured rear surface of the lower stem;
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- a finger support member movably coupled to the lateral side of the upper head and configured to support an index finger of the user's hand, the finger support member having a ring configured to receive at least a portion of the index finger,
- wherein the finger support member is configured to be moved toward the upper head by the index finger 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 having a lower stem and an upper head that extends generally transverse to the lower stem, the upper head having a greater width than the lower stem, a posterior side of the lower stem having a convex rear surface, the contoured support bar configured to receive a user's hand thereon so that an index finger of the user's hand extends relative to a lateral side of the upper head and a palm of the user's hand extends at least partially about the convex rear surface of the lower stem;
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- a finger support member movably coupled to the lateral side of the upper head, the finger support member having a ring configured to receive at least a portion of the index finger,
- wherein the finger support member is configured to be moved toward the upper head by the index finger to effect a pinching, grasping or cutting operation with the surgical tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.