Robotic surgical system with bedside assist and related methods
OwnerAndrew T. Beckman, Evan N. Stamblerinventors
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Abstract
A robotic surgical system, comprising: a robotic arm including a distal end; a tool driver operatively coupled with the distal end of the robotic arm and including a carriage at a proximal end; a control unit; and an instrument adapter comprising: a carriage mount portion, and a secondary tool clamp portion, wherein the carriage mount portion is operatively receivable on the carriage at the proximal end of the tool driver, and wherein the secondary tool clamp portion is operatively configured to provide resistance and hold a secondary tool in position.
Claims20
A robotic surgical system, comprising:
- (a) a robotic arm including a distal end;
- (b) a tool driver operatively coupled with the distal end of the robotic arm and including a carriage at a proximal end;
- (c) a control unit;
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- (d) an instrument adapter comprising:
- (i) a carriage mount portion, and
- (ii) a secondary tool clamp portion,
- wherein the carriage mount portion is operatively receivable on the carriage at the proximal end of the tool driver, and wherein the secondary tool clamp portion is operatively configured to provide resistance and hold a secondary tool in position.
An instrument adapter for use with a tool driver of a robotic surgical system comprising:
- (i) a carriage mount portion, and
- (ii) a secondary tool clamp portion,
- wherein the carriage mount portion is operatively receivable on a carriage at a proximal end of the tool driver, and wherein the secondary tool clamp portion is operatively configured to provide resistance and hold a secondary tool in position.
A method of utilizing an instrument adapter and sterile drape assembly with a robotic surgical system to hold a secondary tool, the robotic surgical system including a robotic arm including a distal end, a tool driver operatively coupled with the distal end of the robotic arm and including a carriage at a proximal end and a distal end, and a control unit, the instrument adapter including a carriage mount portion and a secondary tool clamp portion, and the sterile drape assembly including a sterile drape portion, a tool sterile adapter portion, and a cannula sterile adapter portion, the method comprising:
- (a) applying the sterile drape portion of the sterile drape assembly over the robotic arm of the robotic surgical system;
- (b) affixing the tool sterile adapter portion of the sterile drape assembly to the carriage of the tool driver and the cannula sterile adapter portion to the distal end of the tool driver;
- (c) securing the carriage mount portion of the instrument adapter onto the tool sterile adapter portion of the sterile drape assembly;
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- (d) securing the secondary tool with the secondary tool clamp portion of the instrument adapter, thereby utilizing the instrument adapter with the robotic surgical system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.