MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527061249 A) filed by Medical Microinstruments, Inc., Wilmington, U.S.A., on June 26, for 'control method for the movement of a robotic surgical instrument exiting or entering the field of view of a viewing system, and related robotic system for surgery.'
Inventor(s) include Ruffaldi, Emanuele; Simi, Massimiliano; and Di Guardo, Antonio.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for controlling a slave device of a robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation is described. The robotic system, to which the method is applied, comprises at least one master device 110 adapted to be moved by an operator 150, at least one slave device comprising a surgical instrument 170 adapted to be controlled by the master device, and further comprises viewing means configured to display to the operator 150 images and/or videos of a viewing space associated with a teleoperation area in which the surgical instrument 170 operates. The method first comprises the entire step of defining a safety volume VS, included in the slave workspace but outside the viewing space, in accordance with the criterion that a safety level of the movement of the surgical instrument 170 is ensured in the safety volume VS limiting or eliminating risks of contact of the surgical instrument 170 with anatomical parts of a patient or elements supporting the surgical activity. The method then includes determining a position of the surgical instrument 170, to establish whether the surgical instrument 170 is inside the viewing space, or outside the viewing space but inside the safety volume VS, or outside the safety volume VS. The method then comprises the step of controlling the movement of the slave device in a manner dependent on the determined position of the surgical instrument 170, so that a movement of the surgical instrument 170 is allowed, in a limited operating mode, even when the surgical instrument 170 is outside the viewing space but inside the safety volume VS. A robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation adapted to be controlled by the aforesaid control method is further described."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 27, 2023, under International application No.PCT/IB2023/063284.
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