Argon Beam Coagulation Probe Pedestal Design for Robotic Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Minimally invasive robotic surgical systems face challenges in coupling advanced surgical tools like argon beam coagulation probes, which obscure the surgical site and limit the range of motion and alignment due to improper attachment and positioning.
Innovation Solution
An argon beam coagulation probe with a body and pedestal design that includes opposing channels to securely engage robotic fingers, maintaining alignment and allowing full range of motion, featuring a central member, flanges, and shoulders to prevent arcing and ensure proper gas stream direction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If advanced surgical tools like argon beam coagulation probes are coupled to robotic surgical systems, then surgical functionality is enhanced, but the surgical site becomes obscured and range of motion is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The probe is divided into distinct functional segments: a slender shaft for minimal obstruction, a pedestal with opposing channels for robotic finger engagement, and a coagulation tip. This segmentation allows the probe to maintain full robotic range of motion while providing enhanced surgical functionality through specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The opposing channels are positioned equidistantly about the longitudinal axis in a planar configuration, creating a two-dimensional engagement interface that allows robotic fingers to grasp the probe from opposite directions. This dimensional arrangement preserves the probe's ability to move freely in three-dimensional space while maintaining secure robotic control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If advanced surgical tools are coupled to robotic surgical systems, then surgical capabilities are expanded, but alignment and positioning precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The opposing channels are positioned equidistantly about the longitudinal axis, creating a symmetric engagement interface that ensures equal distribution of forces from robotic fingers. This equipotential configuration maintains precise alignment and positioning by preventing asymmetric loading that could cause deviation from the intended surgical trajectory.
Solution Approach 2:
The pedestal structure with opposing channels serves multiple functions: it provides secure engagement for robotic fingers, maintains precise alignment along the longitudinal axis, and allows for full range of motion. This multi-functional design ensures that expanded surgical capabilities do not compromise positioning precision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If argon beam coagulation probe is designed with robotic engagement features, then robotic system compatibility is improved, but probe structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic engagement features are segmented into a dedicated pedestal structure with opposing channels, separate from the main probe shaft. This segmentation adds robotic compatibility without significantly increasing overall probe complexity, as each component remains relatively simple in its own right.
Solution Approach 2:
The pedestal acts as an intermediary structure that mediates between the simple argon beam coagulation probe and the robotic system. It provides the necessary engagement interface for robotic fingers while maintaining the simplicity of the original probe design, thus improving compatibility without proportionally increasing complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise manipulation and positioning of the argon beam coagulation probe within robotic surgical systems, preserving the high range of motion and alignment capabilities, while preventing arcing between the probe and robotic fingers, thus enhancing surgical precision and visibility.
Implementation Method 1
argon beam coagulation probe
Implementation Method 2
argon gas entry port... argon gas exit port
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AI summary
An argon beam coagulation probe for a robotic surgery system having a body with an argon gas entry port and an argon gas exit port and a pedestal interconnected to the underside of body that includes a pair of opposing arcuate channels that positioned equidistantly about the body. As a result, the argon gas jet exit port will be aligned equidistantly between the two fingers of a robotic arm and the body will be aligned in the same direction as the yaw axis of the robotic arm, so that argon gas will be expelled in the same direction that the fingers are pointing. A surgeon manipulating the robotic arms from the master control can thus easily align the probe based on the positioning of the robotic fingers and will still have the entire range of pitch, yaw, and roll movement of the robotic system.