Surgical tool and robotic surgical system interfaces
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1. A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical tool configured to releasably couple to a robotic surgical system with a sterile barrier being located between the surgical tool and the robotic surgical system, the surgical tool including an elongate shaft having an end effector at a distal end thereof, and the end effector being configured to move in response to generation of a magnetic field extending between a non-sterile environment proximal to the surgical tool and a sterile environment in which the surgical tool is located, wherein the end effector is configured to move in response to generation of the magnetic field without the surgical tool being mechanically driven by the robotic surgical system.
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Abstract
Various exemplary surgical tool and robotic surgical system interfaces are provided. In general, a sterile barrier can be positioned between a robotic surgical system and a surgical tool releasably coupled to the robotic surgical system. The surgical tool can be in a sterile environment on one side of the sterile barrier, and the robotic surgical system can be in a non-sterile environment on the other, opposite side of the sterile barrier. The robotic surgical system can be configured to control movement of the surgical tool releasably coupled thereto using a magnetic field that extends across the sterile barrier between the surgical tool and the robotic surgical system.
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1. A surgical system, comprising:
a surgical tool configured to releasably couple to a robotic surgical system with a sterile barrier being located between the surgical tool and the robotic surgical system, the surgical tool including an elongate shaft having an end effector at a distal end thereof, and the end effector being configured to move in response to generation of a magnetic field extending between a non-sterile environment proximal to the surgical tool and a sterile environment in which the surgical tool is located, wherein the end effector is configured to move in response to generation of the magnetic field without the surgical tool being mechanically driven by the robotic surgical system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A surgical system, comprising:
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a sterile barrier; a surgical tool having an elongate shaft with an end effector at a distal end thereof, the surgical tool including a rotor; a robotic surgical system tool driver configured to releasably couple to the surgical tool such that the surgical tool is in a sterile environment on a first side of the sterile barrier and the tool driver is in a non-sterile environment on a second, opposite side of the sterile barrier; and a stator configured to be operatively coupled to the rotor when the tool driver is releasably coupled to the surgical tool, a magnetic field generated between the rotor and the stator being configured to cause movement of the end effector. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A surgical method, comprising:
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coupling a surgical tool to a tool driver of a robotic surgical system with a sterile barrier between the surgical tool and the tool driver such that the surgical tool is in a sterile environment; and causing a magnetic field to extend between the surgical tool and the robotic surgical system through the sterile barrier and thereby drive a function of an end effector of the surgical tool, wherein the function of the end effector includes at least one of closing the end effector, opening the end effector, articulating the end effector relative to an elongate shaft of the surgical tool that has the end effector at a distal end thereof, rotating the end effector relative to the elongate shaft, and rotating the end effector and the elongate shaft as a unit about a longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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