Apparatus and method of user interface with alternate tool mode for robotic surgical tools
First Claim
1. A user interface system for a robotic surgical instrument having a number of degrees of freedom of movement, the user interface system comprising:
- a double click sensing process to detect a predetermined number of actions of a control input mechanism within a predetermined period of time;
a hard stop sensing process to detect a predetermined percentage of a hard stop in the movement of the control input mechanism, the hard stop being a closed position of the control input mechanism; and
a state machine operationally in communication with the double click sensing process and the hard stop sensing process, the state machine to switchably reduce the number of degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument in response to two closure cycles of the control input mechanism within the predetermined period of time and movement of the control input mechanism exceeding the predetermined percentage of the hard stop.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a method is disclosed in which a lock sensing mode is entered for a robotic surgical instrument. In the lock sensing mode, the degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument are switchably reduced. Further in the lock sensing mode, one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument are switchably clamped together in the robotic surgical instrument. An increased level of torque may also be applied to the end effectors to increase a gripping force applied by the one or more end effectors in response to the reduced degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument.
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21 Claims
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1. A user interface system for a robotic surgical instrument having a number of degrees of freedom of movement, the user interface system comprising:
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a double click sensing process to detect a predetermined number of actions of a control input mechanism within a predetermined period of time; a hard stop sensing process to detect a predetermined percentage of a hard stop in the movement of the control input mechanism, the hard stop being a closed position of the control input mechanism; and a state machine operationally in communication with the double click sensing process and the hard stop sensing process, the state machine to switchably reduce the number of degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument in response to two closure cycles of the control input mechanism within the predetermined period of time and movement of the control input mechanism exceeding the predetermined percentage of the hard stop. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for a robotic surgical instrument comprising:
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entering a lock sensing mode for a robotic surgical instrument; and in the lock sensing mode, switchably reducing degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument in response to movement of the control input mechanism exceeding a predetermined percentage of a hard stop, switchably clamping one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument, increasing a gripping force of one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument in response to the reduced degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument, and wherein one or more of the entering, the switchably reducing, the switchably clamping, and the increasing are controlled by instructions stored on a computer readable medium and performed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method for a robotic surgical instrument comprising:
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entering a lock sensing mode for a robotic surgical instrument; and in the lock sensing mode, switchably reducing degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument, wherein the degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument are switchably reduced in response to exceeding a predetermined percentage of a hard stop position of a control input mechanism, the hard stop position being a closed position of the control input mechanism; and switchably clamping one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument; wherein one or more of the entering, the switchably reducing, and the switchably clamping are controlled by instructions stored on a computer readable medium and performed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for a robotic surgical instrument comprising:
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entering a lock sensing mode for a robotic surgical instrument; and in the lock sensing mode, switchably reducing degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument, and switchably clamping one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument, wherein the one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument are clamped in response to exceeding a first predetermined percentage of a hard stop position in a control input mechanism, the hard stop position being a closed position of the control input mechanism; wherein one or more of the entering, the switchably reducing, and the switchably clamping are controlled by instructions stored on a computer readable medium and performed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A user interface system for a robotic surgical system, the user interface system comprising:
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a normal tool mode, including a first alternate sensing process to detect a first alternate user input of a control input mechanism; an alternate sensing mode including a second alternate sensing process to detect a second alternate user input of the control input mechanism, the second alternate user input is not detectable in the normal tool mode; and an alternate tool mode and a state machine operationally in communication with the first alternate sensing process and the second alternate sensing process, the state machine to control a robotic surgical tool in an alternate manner in response to the alternate tool mode, wherein the first alternate user input toggles the user interface system between the normal tool mode and the alternate sensing mode and the second alternate user input toggles the user interface system between the alternate sensing mode and the alternate tool mode; wherein the alternate manner in which the state machine is to control the robotic surgical tool is one or more of decreasing, a gripping force applied by end effectors of the robotic surgical tool to manipulate delicate tissue; decreasing a wrist torque applied at a wrist of the robotic surgical tool to provide a softer wrist to manipulate delicate tissue; locking the wrist of the robotic surgical tool without applying additional force on the end effectors; locking the end effectors together without locking the wrist of the robotic surgical tool; selecting video from an alternate camera in the robotic surgical system to view on a monitor; selecting a different view angle from a camera in the robotic surgical system to view a different field of view; and overlaying information onto a monitor of the robotic surgical system to provide additional on-screen information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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