Surgical Gantry Interface for Coordinated Table and Robot Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional surgical robots and robotic systems are typically separate from surgical tables, leading to difficulties in coordinated movement and limited access to patients, as their movements are independent and not coordinated with the surgical tables, constraining access to patient areas.
Innovation Solution
A surgical gantry and interface that moveably interconnects a surgical table and a gantry, allowing the surgical table and patient to be positioned relative to the gantry and surgical robotic arms, enabling improved access and a three-dimensional operational area for the robotic arms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional surgical robots and robotic systems are positioned separately from surgical tables, then the base portions can be positioned on the ground relative to the surgical tables, but coordinated movement between the robotic systems and surgical tables becomes very difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the surgical table and gantry into a single integrated system where the gantry is moveably interconnected to the surgical table. This allows the robotic arms supported by the gantry to move in coordination with the surgical table, eliminating the need for independent positioning and achieving synchronized movement between the robotic system and surgical table.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface structure acts as an intermediary between the surgical table and gantry, providing a mechanical connection that enables coordinated movement. The interface includes engagement portions that connect the gantry to the surgical table, allowing controlled relative motion while maintaining coordination between the two components.
2Ease of operation
If the base portions of conventional surgical robots are positioned on the ground, then the robotic systems can be positioned adjacent to patients, but access to various portions of the patients is limited by the location of the base portions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a ground-based positioning system to a suspended gantry system that operates from above the patient. The gantry extends over the surgical table and patient, allowing robotic arms to access the patient from multiple angles and positions in three-dimensional space, dramatically expanding the operational area compared to ground-level positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The gantry is designed to be moveable relative to the surgical table, allowing dynamic repositioning during surgical procedures. This enables the robotic arms to access different portions of the patient by moving the entire gantry structure, providing flexible and extensive access to various anatomical regions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional surgical tables are positioned on the ground, then the tables can be adjusted and articulated, but the robotic systems do not control movement of the tables and vice versa
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the control systems of the surgical table and gantry into a unified control architecture. The integrated system allows coordinated control where movements of the surgical table and gantry are synchronized, enabling versatile and adaptive positioning capabilities while maintaining control coordination through shared control mechanisms.
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AI summary
A combination of a surgical table, a gantry including surgical robotic arms, and an interface for moveably interconnecting a surgical table with the gantry is provided. The surgical table can support a patient thereon, the gantry can support one or more surgical robotic arms for performing and/or aiding the performance of surgery on the patient, and the interface can be used to move the surgical table and the patient supported thereby relative to the surgical robotic arms.