A61G13/101

Surgical robotic system

A surgical robotic system is disclosed to include an operating table, a plurality of robotic arms and surgical instruments, a user console, and a control tower. The plurality of robotic arms are mounted on the operating table and can be stowed folded under the table for storage. The user console has one or more user interface devices, which function as master devices to control the plurality of surgical instruments.

MANUAL DRIVE FUNCTIONS FOR SURGICAL TOOL

A surgical tool includes a drive housing having opposing first and second ends and a drive input rotatably mounted to the drive housing at the first end, a carriage mounted entirely within the drive housing and movable between the first and second ends via actuation of the drive input, an instrument driver matable with the drive housing at the first end, a drive output matable with the drive input such that rotation of the drive output rotates the drive input and translates the carriage within the drive housing, a shaft coupled to and extending distally from the carriage and penetrating the first end and the instrument driver, and a fin connected to the carriage and accessible by a user at an exterior of the drive housing, the fin being manually translatable along the exterior of the drive housing between the first and second ends to thereby translate the carriage.

MANUAL DRIVE FUNCTIONS FOR SURGICAL TOOL HAVING CARRIAGE ARCHITECTURE

A method of manually operating a surgical tool includes arranging the surgical tool adjacent a patient, the surgical tool including a drive housing having opposing first and second ends, a spline extending between the first and second ends and being rotatably coupled to a drive input at the first end, a drive gear coupled to and rotatable with the spline, a carriage movably mounted to the spline and housing an activating mechanism operatively coupled to the drive gear such that rotation of the spline actuates the activating mechanism, and a bailout mechanism arranged at the second end and including a lever engageable with the spline. The lever is movable relative to the spline to engage the lever allow the lever to be manually rotated to rotate the spline and the drive gear to manually actuate the activating mechanism.

SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING EQUIPMENT TO A SUPPORT SYSTEM
20230346620 · 2023-11-02 ·

A system for attaching an equipment to a support surface, the system comprising: an equipment support unit having an equipment body support portion to support a body of the equipment, an adaptor unit for attaching the equipment support unit to the support surface, the adaptor unit comprising: an adaptor equipment support portion having: an 5 adaptor equipment support attachment mechanism configured to releasably attach the equipment support unit to the adaptor unit, and an adaptor support surface portion configured to attach the adaptor unit to the support surface; and a release mechanism for releasing the attachment of the tablet support unit to the adaptor unit.

PATIENT POSITIONING SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH FAIL-SAFE CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT MECHANISM

A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with the frame, each joint including a virtual pivot point and an arc of motion spaced from the virtual pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot ship mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base for supporting and suspending a patient support structure above the floor, for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced opposed vertical translation subassemblies reversibly attachable to a patient support structure, a cross-bar, and a rotation subassembly having two degrees of rotational freedom; wherein a location of each vertical translation subassembly is substantially constant during operation of the patient support structure.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTACT SENSING AND CONTACT REACTION OF ROBOTIC ARMS
20230346497 · 2023-11-02 ·

Robotic medical systems can be capable of contact sensing and contact reaction. A robotic medical system can include a robotic arm and one or more sensors. The robotic medical system can be configured to detect, via the one or more sensors, a contact force or torque that is exerted on the robotic arm by an external object. In response to detecting the contact force or torque, and in accordance with a determination that a magnitude of the contact force or torque is between a lower contact force or torque limit and an upper contact force or torque limit, the robotic medical system can enable a first set of controlled movements on the robotic arm in accordance with the detected contact force or torque.

Patient securement system for the surgical Trendelenburg position

A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements.

EQUALIZER CLAMP ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD
20230338218 · 2023-10-26 · ·

A multi-directional, equalizer clamp device is disclosed, the clamp device being configured to attach and secure objects, such as posts, rails and the like, for a multiplicity of clamping applications that benefit from single-point clamping operation. The clamp device comprises upper and lower body portions which may be configured to clamp to a side rail of a support table, while further configured to receive objects and clamp them along a secondary clamping direction. The clamp device further comprises a control assembly, such as a knob, to facilitate and achieve simultaneous clamping along both primary and secondary clamping directions at a single point of control. A jogging clamp for clamping to variable sized objects in a primary direction comprises a plurality of spherical, indexing recesses disposed in the lower jaw and matching spherical washer disposed on the control assembly configured to allow large, indexed vertical variation in the clamping range.

Table mount for a touchscreen device
11712387 · 2023-08-01 · ·

The present disclosure is directed to table mount for mounting a touchscreen device to a surgical table. The table mount includes a clamp configured to releasably secure the table mount to the table, a first arm rotatably connected to the clamp and configured to extend vertically from the surgical table, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and a touchscreen device docking assembly rotatably connected to the second arm and configured to hold a touchscreen device.

AUTOMATED VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
20230076636 · 2023-03-09 ·

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to techniques for generating and/or verification of integrated circuits. In one embodiment, parameters of a circuit to be generated are used to automatically generate customized test programs. In another embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises circuits to facilitate testing and controlling test coverage. In yet another embodiment, data obtained from physical circuits is used to generated or modify customized predefined behavioral models of functional circuit components having particular parameters.