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Mounting an endoscope to a surgical robot

An endoscope and surgery technology, which is applied to the installation field of endoscopes on surgical robots, can solve the problems of heavy endoscopes and heavy ends.

Active Publication Date: 2019-09-20
CMR SURGICAL LTD
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[0004] If the end of the instrument / implement that interfaces with the distal end of the robotic arm is bulky, this also limits where the port can be positioned to allow access to the surgical site of the patient
[0005] Endoscopes are particularly bulky due to the optics they house

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[0047] figure 2 An endoscope that may be attached to the end of a robotic arm for minimally invasive surgery is shown. The endoscope 200 has a proximal end 204 and a distal end 202 for insertion into a patient's surgical site. The distal end is connected to the proximal end by an elongate shaft 206. The proximal end 204 includes an interface 208 for engaging the end of the robotic arm.

[0048] The endoscope has a power source and a light source for illuminating the surgical site. The endoscope also has data lines for extracting image data from the surgical site. Such as figure 2 As shown, these can all be attached to the proximal end of the endoscope independently and on the outside of the robotic arm. in figure 2 In this, power is applied through the rod 212, image data is extracted through the rod 212, and light is applied through the optical rod 210. In an alternative embodiment, any one or more of light input, power input, and data output may be applied / extracted to t...

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Abstract

A surgical endoscope for manipulation by a surgical robot arm. The surgical endoscope comprises a shaft having a distal end for insertion into a patient and a proximal end. An endoscope interface is attached to the proximal end of the shaft. The endoscope interface is configured to engage a robot arm interface of the surgical robot arm. The endoscope interface comprises an endoscope wedge mechanism moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The endoscope wedge mechanism comprises endoscope wedge elements which are displaceable such that collective displacement of the endoscope wedge elements actuates the endoscope wedge mechanism between the unlocked position and the locked position.

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Background technique [0001] The use of robots to assist and perform surgery is known. figure 1 A typical surgical robot 100 is shown, which includes a base 108, an arm 102, and an instrument 105. The base supports the robot and itself is rigidly attached to, for example, an operating room floor, an operating room ceiling, or a cart. The arm extends between the base and the instrument. The arm is hinged along its length by a plurality of flexible joints 103, which are used to position the surgical instrument in a desired position relative to the patient. The surgical instrument is attached to the distal end 104 of the robotic arm. The surgical instrument pierces the body of the patient 101 at the port 107 to enter the surgical site. At its distal end, the instrument includes an end effector 106 for engagement in a medical procedure. [0002] A typical laparoscopic surgery may require several surgical robots, and each robot is equipped with instruments or other appliances that a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B18/00A61B1/00A61B8/00A61B18/14A61B5/00A61B34/30A61B46/10
CPCA61B46/10A61B34/30A61B1/00128A61B1/00112A61B1/00142A61B34/70A61B2034/301A61B2034/305A61B2017/00477A61B2017/00486
Inventor 卢克·大卫·罗纳尔德·黑尔詹姆斯·奥利弗·格兰特
Owner CMR SURGICAL LTD