Patient-side surgeon interface for a minimally invasive, teleoperated surgical instrument
First Claim
1. A robotic surgical system comprising:
- a patient-side surgeon interface comprising a display device and a master interface,wherein the display device is configured to be mounted in an operating room to permit viewing by a person working in a sterile surgical field within the operating room,wherein the master interface comprises a mechanically ungrounded master tool grip configured to be positioned within the sterile surgical field and a hand-tracking transmitter configured to be separated and removed from the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, andwherein the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, in combination with the hand-tracking transmitter, is configured to generate sensed mechanically ungrounded master tool grip position and orientation information in a body-centric reference frame defined with respect to a person operating the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip;
a teleoperated slave surgical instrument comprising a surgical end effector, wherein at least a portion of the teleoperated slave surgical instrument is configured to be positioned within the sterile surgical field; and
a control system coupled to the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, to the hand-tracking transmitter, to the display device, and to the teleoperated slave surgical instrument,wherein the control system is configured to receive the sensed position and orientation information in the body-centric reference frame, wherein the control system is configured to generate a control command using the sensed position and orientation information, and wherein the control system is configured to send the control command to move the surgical end effector with respect to a reference frame associated with an image displayed on the display device.
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Abstract
A patient-side surgeon interface provides enhanced capabilities in using a minimally invasive, teleoperated surgical system. The patient-side surgeon interface has components within the sterile surgical field of the surgery. The components allow a surgeon to control teleoperated slave surgical instruments from within the sterile surgical field. The patient-side surgeon interface permits a surgeon to be in the sterile surgical field adjacent a patient undergoing surgery. Controlling minimally invasive slave surgical instruments from within the sterile surgical field permits minimally invasive surgery combined with direct visualization by the surgeon. The proximity to the patient allows the surgeon to control a teleoperated slave surgical instrument in tandem with controlling manually controlled instruments such as a laparoscopic instrument. Also, the surgeon, from within the sterile surgical field, can use the patient-side surgeon interface to control at least one proxy visual in proctoring another surgeon.
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25 Claims
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1. A robotic surgical system comprising:
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a patient-side surgeon interface comprising a display device and a master interface, wherein the display device is configured to be mounted in an operating room to permit viewing by a person working in a sterile surgical field within the operating room, wherein the master interface comprises a mechanically ungrounded master tool grip configured to be positioned within the sterile surgical field and a hand-tracking transmitter configured to be separated and removed from the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, and wherein the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, in combination with the hand-tracking transmitter, is configured to generate sensed mechanically ungrounded master tool grip position and orientation information in a body-centric reference frame defined with respect to a person operating the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip; a teleoperated slave surgical instrument comprising a surgical end effector, wherein at least a portion of the teleoperated slave surgical instrument is configured to be positioned within the sterile surgical field; and a control system coupled to the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, to the hand-tracking transmitter, to the display device, and to the teleoperated slave surgical instrument, wherein the control system is configured to receive the sensed position and orientation information in the body-centric reference frame, wherein the control system is configured to generate a control command using the sensed position and orientation information, and wherein the control system is configured to send the control command to move the surgical end effector with respect to a reference frame associated with an image displayed on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a controller, sensed position and orientation information generated by moving a mechanically ungrounded master tool grip located in a sterile surgical field, wherein the sensed position and orientation information is in a body-centric reference frame associated with a person, operating the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip within the sterile surgical field; and controlling, by the controller, movement of an end effector of a minimally invasive teleoperated slave surgical instrument based on the sensed position and orientation information wherein at least a portion of the surgical instrument is in the sterile surgical field. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. In a robotic surgical system including (a) a patient-side surgeon interface further comprising a display device, a mechanically ungrounded master tool grip, and a hand-tracking transmitter, (b) a teleoperated slave surgical instrument, and (c) a control system, a method comprising:
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generating, by the control system, a control command to operate the slave surgical instrument based on movement of the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip; wherein the patient-side surgeon interface senses position and orientation of the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip in a body-centric reference frame associated with a person operating the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip when the mechanically ungrounded master tool grip is moved in a field of the hand-tracking transmitter and is moved within a sterile surgical field; wherein the control system receives and uses the sensed position and orientation to generate the control command, with respect to a reference frame associated with an image displayed on the display device; and wherein the control system sends the generated control command to the teleoperated slave surgical instrument. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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