System and method to avoid contact with hot instrument in robotic surgical system

A control module for a robotic surgical system, the control module storing instructions to perform the following:

• (i) monitor one or more parameters indicative of a temperature of a portion of an end effector of an instrument coupled with a robotic arm of the robotic surgical system, the end effector being operable to apply energy to tissue of a patient,
• (ii) determine whether the temperature of the portion of the end effector crosses a threshold value, based at least in part on the one or more monitored parameters, and
• (iii) restrict movement of the end effector in response to determining that the temperature of the portion of the end effector crosses the threshold value, the restricted movement including one or both of:
• (A) removal of the end effector from the patient, or
• (B) movement of the end effector after removal of the end effector from the patient.

A method comprising:

• (a) monitoring one or more parameters indicative of a temperature of a portion of an end effector of an instrument coupled with a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system, the end effector being operable to apply energy to tissue of a patient;
• (b) determining whether the temperature of the portion of the end effector crosses a threshold value, based at least in part on the one or more monitored parameters;
• (c) restricting movement of the end effector in response to determining that the temperature of the portion of the end effector crosses the threshold value, the restricted movement including one or both of:
• (A) removal of the end effector from the patient, or
• (B) movement of the end effector after removal of the end effector from the patient.