Force and torque sensing for surgical instruments

A technique of surgical instruments and instruments, applied in the field of surgical robot systems, can solve problems such as the placement of unfavorable force sensors, and achieve the effect of improving detection and feedback

Active Publication Date: 2009-01-07
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
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However, this design disadvantageously places the force sensor at the end (or outside) of the wrist joint, thus requiring wires or wires or optical fibers to be routed through the bendable wrist joint and also requiring the yaw and grasp axes to be on different axes of rotation

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[0021] [0021] The present invention provides multi-component systems, devices, and methods for detecting forces applied to tissue when performing robotic-assisted surgical procedures on a patient, particularly including open surgical procedures, neurological procedures such as stereotaxic techniques. Surgical procedures and endoscopic procedures such as laparoscopy, arthroscopy, thoracoscopy and similar procedures. The systems and methods of the present invention are particularly useful as part of a telerobotic surgical system that allows a surgeon to manipulate surgical instruments via servo mechanisms from a location remote from the patient. Therefore, the manipulator device or slave of the present invention will typically be driven by a kinematically equivalent master with six or more degrees of freedom (e.g., 3 degrees of freedom controlling position and 3 degrees of freedom controlling orientation) Thus a telepresence system with force feedback is formed. A description o...

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An apparatus, system, and method for improving force and torque sensing and feedback to the surgeon performing a telerobotic surgery are provided. Groups of axially oriented strain gauges are positioned on a distal end of an instrument shaft proximate a moveable wrist of a robotic surgical instrument to sense forces and torques at the distal tip of the instrument. Advantageously, errors due to changes in the configuration of the tip or steady state temperature variations are eliminated. Other advantageous configurations and methods are disclosed.

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technical field [0001] [0001] The present invention relates generally to surgical robotic systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for sensing force applied to surgical instruments. Background technique [0002] [0002] In robot-assisted surgery, the surgeon typically operates from a location that may be remote from the patient (e.g., across from the operating room, in a different room from the patient, or in a completely different building than the patient's) The master controller thereby controls the motion or movement of the surgical instrument at the surgical site. The main controller usually consists of one or more hand input devices, such as handheld wrist gimbals, joysticks, exoskeleton gloves, hand drills, or similar devices, which are coupled to the surgical unit through a controller with servo motors. Instruments for the position and orientation of articulating instruments at the surgical site. The servo motor is typically part of an electromechanical...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B17/32A61B17/28
CPCB25J15/0009A61B19/5225A61B2019/2223A61B19/2203A61B1/00059A61B19/46A61B2017/2927A61B17/29A61B2019/2242A61B2019/2234A61B2019/223A61B2562/0266A61B2019/466A61B2019/5261A61B2019/465A61B2019/2292A61B2019/464A61B2090/064A61B34/71A61B34/30A61B34/37A61B34/35A61B2034/305A61B34/76A61B90/06A61B2090/065A61B2090/066A61B90/37A61B2034/2061Y10T74/20335A61B17/00A61B17/32A61B17/28G01L1/246G01L5/22
Inventor S·J·布卢门克兰兹D·Q·拉金
Owner INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
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