Surgical robot and robotic controller
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Abstract
The present invention was developed by a neurosurgeon and seeks to mimic the results of primate neurological research which is indicative of a human'"'"'s actual neurological control structures and logic. Specifically, the motor proprioceptive and tactile neurophysiology functioning of the surgeon'"'"'s hands and internal hand control system from the muscular level through the intrafusal fiber system of the neural network is considered in creating the robot and method of operation of the present invention. Therefore, the surgery is not slowed down as in the art, because the surgeon is in conscious and subconscious natural agreement and harmonization with the robotically actuated surgical instruments based on neurological mimicking of the surgeon'"'"'s behavior with the functioning of the robot. Therefore, the robot can enhance the surgeon'"'"'s humanly limited senses while not introducing disruptive variables to the surgeon'"'"'s naturally occurring operation of his neurophysiology. This is therefore also a new field, neurophysiological symbiotic robotics.
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89 Claims
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58. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, the controller comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising a surgical instrument unit;
a workstation portion, the workstation portion comprising a display and an input device;
a controller portion, the controller portion comprising hardware and software for transforming input provided by a surgeon operator via an interface portion into motion of the surgical instrument; and
wherein the robotics portion further comprises force detection sensors for determining force reflectance from tissue in contact with the surgical instrument and a supply of varying surgical instrument units, and wherein the surgical instrument units are adapted to alternately engage the robotics arm. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising a surgical instrument unit;
a workstation portion, the workstation portion comprising a display and an input device;
a controller portion, the controller portion comprising hardware and software for transforming input provided by a surgeon operator via an interface portion into motion of the surgical instrument;
wherein the robotics portion further comprises force detection sensors for determining force reflectance from tissue in contact with the surgical instrument; and
a table adapter, the table adapter for receiving the robotics portion and indexing the robotics portion to a known location on the table. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71)
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72. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, the controller comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising a surgical instrument unit;
a workstation portion, the workstation portion comprising a display and an input device;
a controller portion, the controller portion comprising hardware and software for transforming input provided by a surgeon operator via the interface portion into motion of the surgical instrument;
wherein the robotics portion further comprises force detection sensors for determining force reflectance from tissue in contact with the surgical instrument; and
an auxiliary interface connected to the controller portion. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, the controller comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising a surgical instrument unit;
a workstation portion, the workstation portion comprising a display and an input device;
a controller portion, the controller portion comprising hardware and software for transforming input provided by a surgeon operator via an interface portion into motion of the surgical instrument; and
wherein the robotics portion further comprises force detection sensors for determining force reflectance from tissue in contact with the surgical instrument, and wherein the surgical instrument unit further comprises an imager configured to view an area associated with a surgical instrument.
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81. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising a surgical instrument unit;
a workstation portion, the workstation portion comprising a display and an input device;
a controller portion, the controller portion comprising hardware and software for transforming input provided by a surgeon operator via an interface portion into motion of the surgical instrument; and
wherein the robotics portion further comprises force detection sensors for determining force reflectance from tissue in contact with the surgical instrument, and wherein the controller portion is able to receive definition of a boundary past which a surgical instrument should not travel, the controller further being able to limit motion of the robotics arm to prevent interference between the surgical instrument and the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (82)
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83. A robotic system for surgical procedures, comprising:
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a workstation having a dock configured to mate with an operating table such that the workstation is indexed to a known location relative to the table;
a robotics portion comprising a handle configured to be grasped by an operator, an arm, and an instrument unit comprising a plurality of different surgical instruments configured to be carried by the arm and perform a procedure on a patient; and
a controller operatively coupled to the handle and to the arm, wherein the controller is configured to transform input provided by the surgeon operator via the handle into motion of the surgical instrument. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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