Modular robotic system for driving movement of surgical tools
AssigneesMicrobot Medical Ltd., Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
InventorsSimon SHARON, Idan BOADER, Evgeny KOFMAN, Eran COHEN, Eyal MORAG, Harel GADOT, Moshe SHOHAM
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Abstract
A modular robotic surgical system comprising: a base; a plurality of tool-receivers arranged as separate units, each tool-receiver unit operable to move an elongate surgical tool received therein; a plurality of interface coupling pairs, each coupling pair comprising a first coupler as part of the base and a second coupler as part of each of the tool-receiver units; wherein each of the tool-receiver units is independently and interchangeably attachable to the base via the coupling pair.
Claims20
A tool-receiver unit for use with a motor base, the tool-receiver unit comprising:
- a. a first recess shaped and sized to receive a segment of an elongate surgical tool;
- b. one or more tool-moving elements aligned adjacent said first recess, said one or more tool-moving elements being configured to engage said elongate surgical tool for moving said elongate surgical tool, said tool-moving elements being operably coupleable to the motor base;
- c. one or more interfaces which transfers one or more of:
- mechanical driving force for driving movement of said elongate surgical tool;
- electrical power supply to one or more components of said tool-receiver unit which drive movement of said elongate surgical tool;
- and data for controlling movement of said elongate surgical tool by said tool-receiver unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.