US 2024/0180644 A1 · BODY MOUNTABLE ROBOT

Abstract

A body mountable robot may include a set of stages disposed in a parallel configuration. The body mountable robot may include a set of actuating joints, wherein an actuating joint, of the set of actuating joints, is configured to rotate with respect to a corresponding stage of the set of stages. The body mountable robot may include at least one actuator, wherein the at least one actuator is configured to actuate at least one actuating joint of the set of actuating joints. The body mountable robot may include a set of scissor mechanisms, wherein a scissor mechanism, of the set of scissor mechanisms, that is coupled to the actuating joint, is supported by the corresponding stage, and wherein the scissor mechanism is configured to translate with respect to the corresponding stage.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a body mountable robot configured for use within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, comprising:
a set of stages disposed in a parallel configuration,
a set of actuating joints,
at least one actuator,
a set of scissor mechanisms,
a needle guide, and
a robot control system to control the body mountable robot to move the needle guide with regard to four degrees of freedom of movement;
and
a control device to transmit control signals to the robot control system based on imaging information from the MRI machine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/414,698Filed 17 Jan 2024

Priority

30 Nov 2017

Published

6 Jun 2024

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

A61B 34/32
Surgical robots: operating autonomously
A61B 34/30
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical robots
A61B 90/11
For stereotaxic surgery, e.g. frame-based stereotaxis: with guides for needles or instruments, e.g. arcuate slides or ball joints
A61B 2017/3409
Using mechanical guide means: including needle or instrument drives

Family

Application62/592,467Us provisional application · filed 30 Nov 2017

Application16/768,508Division · filed 29 May 2020

Application18/414,698Division

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Abstract

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