Surgical tools for laser marking and laser cutting
First Claim
1. A method of using endoscopic surgical tools, the method comprising:
- inserting a first endoscopic surgical tool into a body cavity having a surgical site, the endoscopic surgical tool comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure including an image capture device and a laser emitting device;
capturing images of tissue in the surgical site with the image capture device;
displaying the images on a display device;
overlaying a computer generated bulls-eye target on the display device, the computer generated bulls-eye target overlaid at a first location where the laser emitting device is focused to target tissue with a laser light beam;
energizing the laser emitting device to emit the laser light beam out of the first surgical tool and onto the targeted tissue in the surgical site at the computer generated bulls-eye target;
generating a first virtual dot on the image of the surgical site displayed by the display device to mark the first location where the laser emitting device was energized; and
wherein moving the computer generated bulls-eye target and energizing the laser emitting device generates a second virtual dot on the image of the surgical site at a second location;
wherein the computer generated bull-eye target is generated by one or more processors in communication with the first surgical tool, the display device, and the laser emitting device.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical system includes a combined laser imaging robotic surgical tool, a control console, and a laser generator/controller. The tool is mounted to a first robotic arm of a patient side cart. The tool has a wristed joint and an end effector coupled together. The end effector has a laser-emitting device to direct a laser beam onto tissue in a surgical site and an image-capturing device to capture images of the tissue in the surgical site. The control console, in communication with the tool, receives the captured images of tissue in the surgical site and displays the captured images on a display device to a user. The laser generator/controller is coupled to the tool and the control console to control the emission of the laser beam onto tissue of the surgical site.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of using endoscopic surgical tools, the method comprising:
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inserting a first endoscopic surgical tool into a body cavity having a surgical site, the endoscopic surgical tool comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure including an image capture device and a laser emitting device; capturing images of tissue in the surgical site with the image capture device; displaying the images on a display device; overlaying a computer generated bulls-eye target on the display device, the computer generated bulls-eye target overlaid at a first location where the laser emitting device is focused to target tissue with a laser light beam; energizing the laser emitting device to emit the laser light beam out of the first surgical tool and onto the targeted tissue in the surgical site at the computer generated bulls-eye target; generating a first virtual dot on the image of the surgical site displayed by the display device to mark the first location where the laser emitting device was energized; and wherein moving the computer generated bulls-eye target and energizing the laser emitting device generates a second virtual dot on the image of the surgical site at a second location; wherein the computer generated bull-eye target is generated by one or more processors in communication with the first surgical tool, the display device, and the laser emitting device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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