Dynamic Guided Setup for Teleoperated Surgical Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current teleoperational medical systems lack an efficient guided setup process for minimally invasive surgeries, leading to potential errors and inefficiencies in the setup of surgical instruments and equipment, particularly in recognizing completion of setup steps and providing adaptive feedback to users.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic guided setup system that automatically recognizes the completion of setup steps through sensors and displays prompts for subsequent steps using a user interface, incorporating visual, auditory, and voice feedback, and includes a laser targeting system to assist in arranging surgical arms, allowing for flexible setup sequences and universal overrides.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual setup procedures are used for teleoperational medical systems, then flexibility in setup sequence is maintained, but errors and inefficiencies increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the physical arrangement of surgical arms and instruments through sensors, and autonomously determines completion of setup steps without requiring manual input from users. The system serves itself by monitoring its own configuration state and managing the setup workflow independently, thereby reducing human error while maintaining procedural flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
Sensors continuously monitor the physical arrangement of surgical arms, instruments, and equipment, providing real-time feedback to the control system. This feedback mechanism enables automatic recognition of setup step completion and dynamic adjustment of the setup process, improving reliability through closed-loop control while managing complexity through automated decision-making
2Productivity
If automated detection of setup step completion is implemented, then efficiency and accuracy improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Manual mechanical monitoring of setup steps is replaced with automated sensor-based detection systems. Optical sensors, position sensors, and other detection devices automatically monitor the physical arrangement of components, substituting human observation and manual verification with automated electronic detection, thereby improving efficiency while managing complexity through software-based control
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system serves multiple functions: detecting physical arrangement, determining setup step completion, providing feedback for automated control, and enabling dynamic workflow management. By consolidating these multiple functions into a single integrated system, the patent improves productivity while avoiding the complexity that would result from separate systems for each function
3Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic guided setup system with automatic recognition is used, then setup accuracy and adaptability improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The setup system transitions from static, pre-programmed sequences to dynamic, adaptive workflows that respond in real-time to detected physical arrangements. The system dynamically adjusts the setup process based on sensor feedback, allowing flexible accommodation of non-standard configurations and workflows while maintaining accuracy through automated recognition and adaptation
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AI summary
A teleoperational medical system for performing a medical procedure in a surgical field includes a dynamic guided setup system having step-by-step setup instructions for setting up a teleoperational assembly having at least one motorized surgical arm configured to assist in a surgical procedure. It also includes a user interface configured to communicate the step-by-step setup instructions to a user. The dynamic guided setup system is configured to automatically recognize completion of a first setup step based on detected physical arrangement of at least one surgical arm on a teleoperational assembly and automatically display a prompt for a subsequent setup step after the recognizing completion of the first setup step.