Surgical robot and robotic controller
First Claim
1. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, the controller comprising:
- a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising an arm, a first instrument magazine attached to the arm, and a plurality of different surgical instruments in the first instrument magazine, wherein the first instrument magazine and the plurality of surgical instruments move together with the arm;
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 a selected one of the surgical instruments;
an instrument tray holding a plurality of additional instrument magazines; and
wherein the controller portion further comprises instructions that cause the robotics portion to exchange the first instrument magazine with one of the additional instrument magazines from the instrument tray.
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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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15 Claims
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1. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, the controller comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising an arm, a first instrument magazine attached to the arm, and a plurality of different surgical instruments in the first instrument magazine, wherein the first instrument magazine and the plurality of surgical instruments move together with the arm; 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 a selected one of the surgical instruments; an instrument tray holding a plurality of additional instrument magazines; and wherein the controller portion further comprises instructions that cause the robotics portion to exchange the first instrument magazine with one of the additional instrument magazines from the instrument tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A controller robot for performing surgical procedures, the controller comprising:
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a robotics portion, the robotics portion comprising an arm, a first surgical instrument unit having a plurality of different surgical instruments that move together with the arm; 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 a selected one of the surgical instruments; an instrument tray holding a plurality of additional surgical instrument units; and wherein the controller portion further comprises instructions that cause the robotics portion to exchange the first surgical instrument unit with one of the additional surgical instrument units from the instrument tray.
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9. 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 a first surgical instrument unit having a plurality of different surgical instruments that move together with the arm; 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 unit; an instrument tray holding a plurality of additional surgical instrument units; and wherein the controller further comprises instructions that cause the robotics portion to exchange the first surgical instrument unit with one of the additional surgical instrument units from the instrument tray. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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