System and method for haptic sculpting of physical objects
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1. A haptic surgical system, comprising:
- a computer-aided surgery system;
a haptic device coupled to said computer-aided surgery system; and
a medical device coupled to said haptic device, said haptic device operable to communicate one or more haptic cues to a user guiding said medical device, based at least in part on a modification in a configuration of a haptic object defined with respect to a patient'"'"'s anatomy.
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device comprises defining a haptic object for aiding in the sculpting of the physical object, dynamically modifying a configuration of the haptic object in response to a medical device coupled to the haptic device being in proximity to the haptic object, and providing haptic cues to guide a user of the medical device in sculpting at least a portion of the physical object corresponding to the haptic object.
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1. A haptic surgical system, comprising:
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a computer-aided surgery system;
a haptic device coupled to said computer-aided surgery system; and
a medical device coupled to said haptic device, said haptic device operable to communicate one or more haptic cues to a user guiding said medical device, based at least in part on a modification in a configuration of a haptic object defined with respect to a patient'"'"'s anatomy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device, comprising:
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defining a haptic object for aiding in the sculpting of said physical object;
dynamically modifying a configuration of said haptic object in response to a medical device coupled to said haptic device being in proximity to said haptic object; and
providing one or more haptic cues to guide a user of said medical device in sculpting at least a portion of said physical object corresponding to said haptic object. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device, comprising:
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logically dividing a haptic object for said physical object into a plurality of segments;
determining whether at least one criteria for modifying at least one of said plurality of segments is satisfied;
dynamically modifying a configuration of said at least one segment in response to said at least one criteria being satisfied; and
providing one or more haptic cues to guide a user of a medical device associated with said haptic device in sculpting at least one segment of said physical object corresponding to said haptic object. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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