A61B2034/302

ENDODONTIC ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND ENDODONTIC ROBOTIC SURGICAL ASSEMBLY
20230085313 · 2023-03-16 ·

An endodontic robotic surgical system is provided. The endodontic robotic surgical system includes a robot arm and an endodontic robotic surgical assembly electrically connected to the robot arm. The endodontic robotic surgical assembly includes a multiple-axis force sensing device, a treatment assembly and an assistive device. The treatment assembly includes a housing, a drawstring-positioning structure disposed on the housing, a plurality of drawstrings connected to the drawstring-positioning structure, and an endodontic surgical element fitted to the housing. The drawstring-positioning structure is electrically connected to the multiple-axis force sensing device. The assistive device is adapted to be put on a tooth structure in a human oral cavity. The drawstrings are connected to different points on the assistive device. An endodontic robotic surgical assembly is further provided.

PATIENT 3-D SCANNING AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PORT PLACEMENT
20230081437 · 2023-03-16 ·

Robotic medical systems can generate recommended port locations for a patient and communicate the recommended port locations to users of the robotic medical systems. A robotic medical system can include a robotic arm and one or more processors in communication with a 3-D scanner. The robotic medical system can be configured to obtain, via the 3-D scanner, data including a view of a patient of the robotic medical system, determine a recommended port location for the patient in accordance with the obtained data, and provide information indicating the recommended port location for the patient.

ROBOTIC SURGICAL INTERVENTION DEVICE WITH AN ARTICULATED ARM CARRYING AN INSTRUMENT
20220331031 · 2022-10-20 ·

A robotic surgical intervention device includes an articulated arm with actuating motors, a surgical instrument carried by the articulated arm, a control peripheral of the articulated arm for moving a functional distal end of the surgical instrument, and a processor configured to process movement instructions provided by the control peripheral to convert them into individual control instructions for each of the actuating motors of the articulated arm. The processor includes an electronic restriction designed to add further processing to the movement instructions provided by the control peripheral that blocks any movement of the functional distal end of the surgical instrument according to at least one degree of freedom in translation or rotation predefined as prohibited along or about at least one axis of a local Cartesian coordinate system linked to the surgical instrument.

SINGLE PORT INSTRUMENT ACCESS DEVICE
20220330976 · 2022-10-20 ·

Disclosed are medical devices for surgical procedures, especially procedures that involve the manipulation of surgical instrument end effectors close to the skin surface at an incision site. In accordance with some embodiments, an instalment access device is configured to couple to a wound retractor at a distal end of the device and to receive a multiple instrument entry guide in a port at the proximal end of the instrument access device, with an envelope (822) between the distal (804) and proximal (812) ends defining a sealed cavity for maintaining insufflation pressure. Various embodiments provide means for rotating an assistant port in the envelope about a port that receives the instrument entry guide without twisting the envelope. Also disclosed are various envelope shapes. Also disclosed is an instrument entry guide that aligns surgical instrument shafts.

ELECTROSURGICAL NETWORK
20230125373 · 2023-04-27 ·

An electrosurgical system comprising: a plurality of electrosurgical connection units, each electrosurgical connection unit comprising an input port connectable to an electrosurgical channel and an output port connectable to an electrosurgical instrument, the electrosurgical connection unit configured to connect the input port to the output port; an electrosurgical network comprising a plurality of electrosurgical links that connect the input ports of the electrosurgical connection units to an electrosurgical channel; and a control unit configured to: receive information from a device indicating that the device has detected an electrosurgical generator connected to the electrosurgical channel, the device being one of the electrosurgical connection units and an electrosurgical output device connected to the electrosurgical channel; determine a location of the electrosurgical generator in the electrosurgical network based on the received information; and transmit one or more control signals to the electrosurgical connection units and/or one or more electrosurgical output devices connected to the electrosurgical channel to cause the output port of a selected combination of electrosurgical connection units to be connected to the electrosurgical channel based on the determined location of the electrosurgical generator.

ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR
20230077141 · 2023-03-09 ·

A system includes a robotic platform and a uterine manipulator. The robotic platform includes a base, a plurality of robotic arms, and a grounding structure configured to couple one or more of the robotic arms to the base. The uterine manipulator includes an interface configured to couple with a first robotic arm of the robotic platform. The uterine manipulator further includes a shaft assembly extending from the interface and a colpotomy cup slidably attached along a length of the shaft assembly. The first robotic arm is configured to move the uterine manipulator relative to a patient.

UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH ROBOTICALLY DRIVEN COLPOTOMY CUP
20230075930 · 2023-03-09 ·

An apparatus includes a base portion, a shaft, a colpotomy cup, and a colpotomy cup actuation assembly. The colpotomy cup is slidably attached along a length of the shaft and is configured to actuate along the shaft between a proximal position and a distal position. The a colpotomy cup actuation assembly is configured to drive the colpotomy cup between a proximal position and a distal position. The colpotomy cup actuation assembly includes an actuating assembly configured to operatively couple with a drive output of a robotic arm. The colpotomy cup actuation assembly further includes an elongated member extending distally from the actuating assembly and terminating into a distal end fixed relative to the colpotomy cup. The actuating assembly is configured to drive movement of the elongated member relative to the elongated shaft to thereby drive movement of the colpotomy cup between the proximal position and the distal position.

ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH ARTICULATION
20230074350 · 2023-03-09 ·

An apparatus includes a shaft including a distal shaft end. At least a portion of the shaft defines a first axis. The apparatus also includes a sleeve slidably coupled to the shaft. The sleeve includes a distal sleeve end. The apparatus further includes a colpotomy cup fixedly secured to the distal sleeve end, and a movable member extending distally from the distal shaft end. The movable member is configured to move relative to the shaft between a first state in which the movable member extends substantially along the first axis and a second state in which the movable member extends at least partially along a second axis transverse to the first axis for manipulating an anatomical structure.

HANDHELD ADAPTER FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
20230125213 · 2023-04-27 · ·

The present disclosure provides handheld adapters allowing the use of robotic surgical instruments during standard laparoscopic phases. The handheld adapter includes a plurality of receptacles for engaging with a plurality of engagers of the surgical instrument to thereby actuate an end-effector of the surgical instrument in the close degrees of freedom via a plurality of force transmitting elements upon actuation of a trigger. The handheld adapter further includes a spring coupled to the plurality of receptacles and configured to provide a predetermined tension on the plurality of force transmitting elements, such that upon release of the trigger, the spring causes movement of the plurality of receptacles, which causes movement of the respective engagers to thereby actuate the end-effector in the open degree of freedom.

ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH SENSING
20230073783 · 2023-03-09 ·

An apparatus includes a shaft including a distal shaft end. The apparatus also includes a sleeve slidably coupled to the shaft. The sleeve includes a distal sleeve end. The apparatus further includes a colpotomy cup fixedly secured to the distal sleeve end, and an inflatable balloon positioned over the shaft near the distal shaft end such that the inflatable balloon is configured to manipulate an anatomical structure via movement of the shaft. The apparatus also includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one of a fluid pressure within the inflatable balloon or a force acting upon the inflatable balloon. The at least one sensor is configured to generate at least one feedback signal based on the detected at least one of a fluid pressure or a force.