Apparatus and method for recording data of a surgical procedure
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording data of an actual surgical procedure, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer for receiving and storing data related to the actual surgical procedure; and
a virtual orifice attached directly over a real orifice of a patient undergoing the actual surgical procedure, wherein said virtual orifice is connected to said computer and wherein said virtual orifice transmits motion data of an actual surgical instrument inserted through said virtual orifice and into the real orifice of the patient to said computer during the actual surgical procedure.
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Abstract
A virtual surgery system or virtual testing system provides a simulation or test based on image data. A simulator combined with a real exam requires simulation tasks by a test taker. Additionally, a surgical procedure may be simulated using image data of a patient in devices simulating the physical instruments a surgeon uses in performing the actual procedure, for example. The user input device, such as a mouse, three dimensional mouse, joystick, seven dimensional joystick, full size simulator, etc., can be used in a virtual simulation to move through the image data while the user looks at the data and interaction of the input device with the image data on a display screen. Force feedback can be provided based on based on physical constraint models (of the anatomy, for example), or based on edge and collision detection between the virtual scope or virtual tool used by the operator and walls or edges of the image data in the image space. The virtual simulator may be used as a teaching, training, testing, demonstration, or remote telesurgery device, for example.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording data of an actual surgical procedure, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer for receiving and storing data related to the actual surgical procedure; and a virtual orifice attached directly over a real orifice of a patient undergoing the actual surgical procedure, wherein said virtual orifice is connected to said computer and wherein said virtual orifice transmits motion data of an actual surgical instrument inserted through said virtual orifice and into the real orifice of the patient to said computer during the actual surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for recording data of an actual surgical procedure comprising the steps of:
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positioning a virtual orifice directly over a real orifice of an actual patient wherein said virtual orifice is connected to a computer for transmitting data to said computer; inserting an actual medical instrument through said virtual orifice and into the real orifice of the actual patient for conducting an actual surgical procedure; sensing the motion of the actual medical instrument during the actual surgical procedure by said virtual orifice; transmitting data representative of the motion of the actual medical instrument during the actual surgical procedure to said computer by said virtual orifice; and recording said data representative of the motion of the actual medical instrument by said computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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