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US 9,788,901 B2Granted
Endoscopy-guided deployment of vessel punch
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorAleksandra Popovic
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Abstract
A robotic punch system employs a robot unit (70) and a control unit (80). The robot unit (70) includes a robot (71) and an endoscopic punch (72) mounted to the robot (71). The endoscopic punch (72) includes a calibrated spatial alignment of an endoscope (73) and a punch (74). The control unit (80) commands the robot (71) for deploying the endoscopic punch (72) in executing a puncture of an anatomical tissue (92).
Claims6
A robotic punch system comprising:
- an endoscopic mount having formed therein an endoscope and a working channel;
- a punch partially disposed within the working channel of the endoscope mount and fixedly extending beyond a distal end of the endoscopic mount;
- a robot comprising an end-effector and robot motors that move a position of the end-effector, the endoscopic mount being attached to the end-effector;
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- a control circuit that generates actuation currents for each of the robot motors and conveys corresponding actuation currents to each of the robot motors so as to move the punch to a desired three-dimensional location.
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