Control of device including mechanical arms
AssigneeMemic Innovative Surgery Ltd.
InventorsDvir COHEN, Eli SHAPIRA
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Abstract
A method of initializing the layout of one or more robotic arms controllable by an input object, comprising: entering a paused mode, in which control of movement of the robotic arms by the input object is paused; measuring an input object initialization layout, defined by the layout of at least one segment of the input object; actuating at least a portion of the robotic arms to match the input object initialization layout; and entering a controlled mode, in which movements of the input object control the robotic arms.
Claims20
A method of controlling, using gesture recognition, an operation mode of a surgical system including at least one surgical arm insertable into the body, the method comprising:
- detecting movement of at least one user body portion;
- and
- controlling said at least one surgical arm based on the detected movement, wherein said controlling comprises controlling movement of said at least one surgical arm and/or transferring between modes of operation of said at least one surgical arm.
A surgical system comprising:
- at least one surgical arm sized and shaped for insertion into a human body, the surgical arm comprising a plurality of sequentially coupled portions;
- circuitry which detects movement of at least one user body portion;
- and
- a controller configured, based on said detected movement of said at least one user body portion, to control movement of said at least one surgical arm and/or to transfer between modes of operation of said at least one surgical arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.