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US 8,170,717 B2Granted
Microsurgical robot system
AssigneeNeuroArm Surgical Ltd.
InventorsGarnette Roy Sutherland, Deon Francois Louw, Paul Bradley McBeth, Tim Fielding, Dennis John Gregoris
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Abstract
A surgical robot that includes at least one robotic arm having multiple joints and at least six degrees of freedom, the robotic arm also including: a magnetic resonance (MR) compatible structural material; multiple MR-compatible joint motors; and multiple MR-compatible joint encoders.
Claims31
A surgical robot comprising:
- at least one magnetic resonance (MR) compatible robotic arm having multiple joints and at least six degrees of freedom, the robotic arm also including:
- structural components consisting of MR compatible structural material;
- multiple MR compatible joint motors;
- and
- multiple MR compatible joint encoders,
- where the at least one robotic arm is configured as a yaw plane manipulator and the multiple joints comprise a first, second and third yaw joint, the yaw joints operatively linked by a plurality of roll joints.
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A surgical robot comprising:
- at least one magnetic resonance (MR) compatible robotic arm having multiple joints and multiple degrees of freedom, the robotic arm also including:
- structural components consisting of MR compatible structural material;
- multiple MR compatible joint motors;
- and
- multiple MR compatible joint encoders;
- and
- an end effector that includes a first tool holder configured to hold a surgical tool,
- where the at least one robotic arm is configured as a yaw plane manipulator and the multiple joints comprise a first, second and third yaw joint, the yaw joints operatively linked by a plurality of roll joints.
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A surgical system comprising:
- a robot for operating on a patient, the robot including:
- at least one magnetic resonance (MR) compatible robotic arm having multiple joints and at least six degrees of freedom, the robotic arm also including:
- structural components consisting of MR compatible structural material;
- multiple MR compatible joint motors;
- and
- multiple MR compatible joint encoders;
- and
- an end effector that includes a first tool holder configured to hold a surgical tool;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- filter input received from an operator to remove hand tremor and scale the movement of the at least one robotic arm relative to the input,
- where the at least one robotic arm is configured as a yaw plane manipulator and the multiple joints comprise a first, second and third yaw joint, the yaw joints operatively linked by a plurality of roll joints.
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A surgical robot comprising:
- a moveable support assembly, and
- at least one magnetic resonance (MR) compatible robotic arm configured to be coupled to the moveable support assembly, the at least one robotic arm having multiple joints and at least six degrees of freedom, and comprising structural components consisting of MR compatible structural material;
- the at least one robotic arm also including multiple MR compatible motors and multiple MR compatible joint encoders, and
- the at least one robotic arm sized to fit within the bore of a closed bore MR imaging magnet,
- where the at least one robotic arm is configured as a yaw plane manipulator and the multiple joints comprise a first, second and third yaw joint, the yaw joints operatively linked by a plurality of roll joints.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.