Robotic Port Placement Guide and Method of Use
AssigneeVerb Surgical Inc.
InventorsKent Anderson, Katherine Anderson
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Abstract
A port placement guide may include a base, a member, and at least one tracking element. The base can be configured to couple to a surface of a patient at a preliminary port location for a robotic arm. The member can be coupled to the base and can comprise a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The at least one tracking element can be coupled to the member and can be configured to allow tracking of the member relative to the preliminary port location.
Claims20
A surgical robotic system, comprising:
- a tool driver to be coupled to a distal end of a robotic arm;
- a tracking device operable to detect a tracking element at a port placement guide arranged at a port location;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- detect a position of the tracking element at the port location by using the tracking device to detect the tracking element;
- and
- guide the robotic arm toward the determined position to couple the tool driver to a medical instrument at the port location.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, via a tracking device operable to detect a tracking element at a port placement guide arranged at a port location, a position of a tracking element at a port location by using the tracking device to detect the tracking element;
- and
- guiding a robotic arm toward the determined position to couple a tool driver, coupled to a distal end of the robotic arm, to a medical instrument at the port location.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- detecting, via a tracking device operable to detect a tracking element at a port placement guide arranged at a port location, a position of a tracking element at a port location by using the tracking device to detect the tracking element;
- and
- guiding a robotic arm toward the determined position to couple a tool driver, coupled to a distal end of the robotic arm, to a medical instrument at the port location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.