Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures
First Claim
1. A surgeon training medical robotic system comprising:
- a first slave robotic mechanism configured to manipulate a first surgery-related device according to a first slave command;
a first trainee master control station operated by a first trainee, the first trainee master control station configured to generate a first trainee command indicative of a first desired position for the first surgery-related device according to a first trainee input;
a second trainee master control station operated by a second trainee, the second trainee master control station configured to generate a second trainee command indicative of a second desired position for the first surgery-related device according to a second trainee input; and
a mentor master control station operated by a mentor, the mentor master control station configured to;
facilitate the mentor to define routing information;
generate the first slave command by associating at least one of the first and the second trainee master control stations with the first robotic slave robotic mechanism according to the routing information, and by using a first sensed position of the first surgery-related device, andprovide the first slave command to the first slave robotic mechanism.
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Abstract
A multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures includes first and second master input devices, a first slave robotic mechanism, and at least one processor configured to generate a first slave command for the first slave robotic mechanism by switchably using one or both of a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user and a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user. To facilitate the collaboration or training, both first and second users communicate with each other through an audio system and see the minimally invasive surgery site on first and second displays respectively viewable by the first and second users.
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12 Claims
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1. A surgeon training medical robotic system comprising:
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a first slave robotic mechanism configured to manipulate a first surgery-related device according to a first slave command; a first trainee master control station operated by a first trainee, the first trainee master control station configured to generate a first trainee command indicative of a first desired position for the first surgery-related device according to a first trainee input; a second trainee master control station operated by a second trainee, the second trainee master control station configured to generate a second trainee command indicative of a second desired position for the first surgery-related device according to a second trainee input; and a mentor master control station operated by a mentor, the mentor master control station configured to; facilitate the mentor to define routing information; generate the first slave command by associating at least one of the first and the second trainee master control stations with the first robotic slave robotic mechanism according to the routing information, and by using a first sensed position of the first surgery-related device, and provide the first slave command to the first slave robotic mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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