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 surgical tool for performing computer-aided surgical operations on a patient;
a display device for displaying a haptic object and a computer reconstructed diagnostic image of an internal anatomy of the patient, said haptic object being defined with respect to said patient'"'"'s anatomy by superimposing the diagnostic image and the haptic object;
a haptic device coupled to the computer-aided surgery system and the surgical tool, the haptic device communicating one or more haptic cues to a user guiding the surgical tool based at least in part on at least one extension from said haptic object, created based at least in part on position of the surgical tool or the haptic device or proximity of the surgical tool or the haptic device to the haptic object, said at least one extension being displayed on the display device to depict the extension'"'"'s relationship to said 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 surgical tool for performing computer-aided surgical operations on a patient; a display device for displaying a haptic object and a computer reconstructed diagnostic image of an internal anatomy of the patient, said haptic object being defined with respect to said patient'"'"'s anatomy by superimposing the diagnostic image and the haptic object; a haptic device coupled to the computer-aided surgery system and the surgical tool, the haptic device communicating one or more haptic cues to a user guiding the surgical tool based at least in part on at least one extension from said haptic object, created based at least in part on position of the surgical tool or the haptic device or proximity of the surgical tool or the haptic device to the haptic object, said at least one extension being displayed on the display device to depict the extension'"'"'s relationship to said patient'"'"'s anatomy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. 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, said haptic object comprising a plurality of segments and said modification of said configuration of said haptic object comprising dynamically modifying at least one of said plurality of segments of said haptic object to prevent said medical device from following an abrupt transition from said at least one segment to another of said plurality of segments. - View Dependent Claims (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 constraining a medical device during sculpting of said physical object; temporarily modifying a configuration of said haptic object in response to the medical device coupled to said haptic device being in proximity to said haptic object to temporarily modify constraining by the haptic object to help a user control the medical device adjacent corners and abrupt transitions of the 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, 28)
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29. 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; eliminating abrupt transactions between adjoining segments by 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 based in part on the haptic object to guide a user of a medical device associated with said haptic device in sculpting at least one portion of said physical object corresponding to said haptic object without abrupt transitions from one segment to another. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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