Robotic Surgical Console Interface With Overlay-Guided Arm Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical robotic systems lack advanced user interfaces and control mechanisms that enhance procedural efficiency, ergonomics, and ease of use during minimally invasive and non-invasive medical procedures, particularly in scenarios requiring multiple procedures for treating medical conditions.
Innovation Solution
A robotic medical system incorporating a set of robotic arms, an imaging device, a master controller, and a viewer that enables modes of operation for precise robotic arm movement, interactive menus, and graphical overlays providing real-time procedural information and collision avoidance, allowing single-user control and enhanced visualization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a robotic medical system includes multiple robotic arms for performing multiple medical procedures, then the system's versatility and productivity are improved, but the device complexity and difficulty of control increase
Solution Approach 1:
The master controller is designed with multiple operating modes (master-as-master, master-as-slave, teleoperation) that allow a single controller to perform multiple functions for controlling different robotic arms, reducing the need for separate control systems for each arm while maintaining versatility
2Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed real-time visualization and interactive menus for procedural information, then the ease of operation and safety are improved, but the loss of time for information processing and display increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interactive menu is overlaid directly on the digital images displayed to the user, combining the procedural information interface with the visual field rather than requiring separate displays or interruptions, thereby providing comprehensive information without significant time loss
3Reliability
If the system includes collision detection and avoidance features with visual feedback, then the reliability and safety are improved, but the device complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time visual feedback by overlaying collision alert indicators on the digital images when potential collisions are detected between robotic arms or with the patient, allowing operators to immediately see and respond to safety issues without complex additional hardware
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AI summary
Provided are systems and techniques for a medical procedure. For example, the system may include one or more robotic arms, an imaging device, a master controller, a viewer configured to render one or more digital images based on image data from the imaging device, at least one computer-readable memory having stored thereon executable instructions, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to: in a first mode of operation, cause movement of at least one of the robotic arms; and in a second mode of operation, cause the viewer to display an interactive menu and a graphical overlay on the one or more digital images.