SURGICAL ROBOT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A surgical robot comprising a slave device adapted to perform a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device adapted to control the surgical operation of the slave device,wherein the slave device comprises:
- an image capture unit comprising a first lighting unit to radiate visible light, a second lighting unit to radiate UV light, and a camera to capture a visible-light image; and
a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material adapted to emit light in response to UV light radiated by the second lighting unit.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a surgical robot including a slave device performing a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device controlling the surgical operation of the slave device. The slave device includes an image capture unit including a first lighting unit radiating visible light, a second lighting unit radiating UV light, and a camera capturing a visible-light image and a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material emitting light in response to UV light radiated by the second lighting unit.
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20 Claims
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1. A surgical robot comprising a slave device adapted to perform a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device adapted to control the surgical operation of the slave device,
wherein the slave device comprises: -
an image capture unit comprising a first lighting unit to radiate visible light, a second lighting unit to radiate UV light, and a camera to capture a visible-light image; and a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material adapted to emit light in response to UV light radiated by the second lighting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling a surgical robot comprising a slave device performing a surgical operation upon a patient and a master device controlling the surgical operation of the slave device, the method comprising:
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performing the surgical operation by inserting a surgical tool coated with a UV reactive material into a patient'"'"'s body; radiating visible light and UV light into the patient'"'"'s body; acquiring a first image during visible light radiation and a second image during UV radiation; and calculating a position and a direction of the surgical tool using the acquired first image and second image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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