Remote surgery support system and method thereof
First Claim
1. A remote surgery supporting system for supporting surgical operations of one or more surgical operators remote-controlling at least one of a surgical tool and a therapeutic instrument, comprising:
- diseased tissue manipulating means carrying at least one of a surgical tool and therapeutic instrument;
in vivo data measuring means for measuring in vivo data by periodically applying one or more of fluctuating magnetic field, electromagnetic wave and ultrasonic wave to a diseased part of a patient and the surrounding part thereof before and during an operation and by measuring a penetrated or resonated signal;
measurement data processing means for generating a 3-D measured data image from the in vivo data measured by said in vivo data measuring means and providing an output indicative thereof;
work environment data detecting means for receiving information regarding the diseased part and for detecting an approaching state and a contact force which said diseased tissue manipulating means has applied to the diseased part and providing an output indicative thereof;
realism control data generating means for combining and processing the output of said working environment data detecting means and the output of said measurement data processing means to present to each surgical operator as realism control data;
action command inputting means for inputting actions taken by each surgical operator based on realism control data presented to each surgical operator by said realism control data generating means and providing an action command output; and
manipulation command generating means for translating the action command output received from said action command inputting means to manipulation command data, for transmitting manipulation command data to said diseased tissue manipulating means and for transmitting a contact force detected by said working environment data detecting means to said diseased tissue manipulating means.
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Abstract
A remote surgery supporting system and a method thereof produces a presentation of realism control data generated by realism control data generating means 101 from image data obtained from work environment data detecting means 104 and measurement data processing means 118 and from force and proximity data. While viewing this presentation, the surgical operator inputs actions through action command inputting means 114 and thereafter, diseased tissue manipulating means 102 executes a procedure on diseased part 125. The manipulation force of each surgical operator received from manipulation command generating means 103 and force reflection from the diseased part 125 are combined and presented to the action command inputting means 114. Thereby, a plurality of surgical operators can perform a surgerical operation while viewing the realism control data and sensing the manipulation force of other surgical operators and the force reflection from the diseased part. Thus, a master/slave type remote surgery supporting system which allows a plurality of surgical operators to perform a surgical operation which requires many degrees of freedom can be provided.
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40 Claims
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1. A remote surgery supporting system for supporting surgical operations of one or more surgical operators remote-controlling at least one of a surgical tool and a therapeutic instrument, comprising:
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diseased tissue manipulating means carrying at least one of a surgical tool and therapeutic instrument; in vivo data measuring means for measuring in vivo data by periodically applying one or more of fluctuating magnetic field, electromagnetic wave and ultrasonic wave to a diseased part of a patient and the surrounding part thereof before and during an operation and by measuring a penetrated or resonated signal; measurement data processing means for generating a 3-D measured data image from the in vivo data measured by said in vivo data measuring means and providing an output indicative thereof; work environment data detecting means for receiving information regarding the diseased part and for detecting an approaching state and a contact force which said diseased tissue manipulating means has applied to the diseased part and providing an output indicative thereof; realism control data generating means for combining and processing the output of said working environment data detecting means and the output of said measurement data processing means to present to each surgical operator as realism control data; action command inputting means for inputting actions taken by each surgical operator based on realism control data presented to each surgical operator by said realism control data generating means and providing an action command output; and manipulation command generating means for translating the action command output received from said action command inputting means to manipulation command data, for transmitting manipulation command data to said diseased tissue manipulating means and for transmitting a contact force detected by said working environment data detecting means to said diseased tissue manipulating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A remote surgery supporting system for supporting at least one surgical operation of at least one surgical operator remote-controlling at least one of a surgical tool and a therapeutic instrument, comprising:
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means for carrying at least one of a surgical tool and therapeutic instrument, said at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument including an end effector for causing at least one of deformation, destruction and degeneration of diseased tissues of a diseased part of a patient by at least one of generating and transmitting at least one of kinetic energy, light energy, electric energy and thermal energy thereto; a driving mechanism for enabling movement of said at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument; means for calculating at least one virtual force reflection in accordance with a location and movement of said at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument with respect to the diseased part and providing an output indicative thereof; a master manipulator for outputting an action command in response to an input from each surgical operator; manipulation command generating means for translating at least one of an action command output from said master manipulator and the output from the means for calculating into a manipulation command output; and a slave manipulator for positioning said at leas tone of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument against the diseased part using said driving mechanism by interpreting the manipulation command output from said manipulation command generating means. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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- 32. A remote surgery supporting method for supporting at least one of a plurality of surgical operators performing surgical procedures on a diseased part of a patient by driving a slave manipulator equipped with at least one of a surgical tool and therapeutic instrument by a respective one of the at least one of the plurality of surgical operators manipulating a respective master manipulator, comprising a step of driving one slave manipulator using a combined command, said combined command being obtained by the substeps of multiplying action commands output from the master manipulator of the respective one of the at least one of the plurality of surgical operators with a weighting factor to produce weighted action commands and adding the weighted action commands.
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38. A remote surgery supporting method for supporting surgical operations of at least one surgical operator remote-controlling diseased tissue manipulating means including at least one of a surgical tool and a therapeutic instrument, comprising the steps of:
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manipulating diseased tissue by diseased tissue manipulating means carrying the at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument; measuring in vivo data by periodically applying at least one of a fluctuating magnetic field, electromagnetic wave and ultrasonic wave to a diseased part of a patient and a surrounding part thereof before and during an operation and by measuring at least one of a penetrated and resonated signal; processing the measured in vivo data for generating a 3-D measured data image; detecting work environment data including taking an image data of the diseased part and detecting an approaching state and a contact force of the diseased tissue manipulating means with the diseased part; generating realism control data by combining and processing the detected working environment data and the processed measured in vivo data to present realism control data to a respective surgical operator; inputting actions taken by a respective surgical operator based on the realism control data presented to a respective surgical operator and outputting action commands; and generating manipulation commands by translating an outputted action command to manipulation command data, and transmitting the manipulation command data and the detected contact force to the diseased tissue manipulating means.
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39. A remote surgery supporting method for supporting at least one surgical operation of at least one surgical operator remote-controlling at least one of a surgical tool and a therapeutic instrument, comprising the steps of:
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carrying the at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument, the at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument including an end effector for causing at least one of deformation, destruction and degeneration of diseased tissues of a diseased part of a patient by at least one of generating and transmitting at least one of kinetic energy, light energy, electric energy and thermal energy thereto; moving the at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument by a driving mechanism; calculating at least one virtual force reflection in accordance with a location and movement of said at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument with respect to the diseased part and providing an output indicative thereof; outputting an action command by a master in response to an input from each surgical operator; generating a manipulation command by translating at least one of an action command output from the master manipulator and the virtual force into a manipulation command output; and positioning the at least one of the surgical tool and the therapeutic instrument against the diseased part by a slave manipulator using the driving mechanism by interpreting the manipulation command output from the manipulation command generating means. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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