Kinematic design considerations for minimally invasive surgical robots: an overview

CH Kuo, JS Dai, P Dasgupta - The International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Kinematic design is a predominant phase in the design of robotic manipulators
for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). However, an extensive overview of the kinematic …

Tool position and identification indicator displayed in a boundary area of a computer display screen

DQ Larkin, TR Nixon, DS Mintz - US Patent 9,718,190, 2017 - Google Patents
An endoscope captures images of a Surgical site for display in a viewing area of a monitor.
When a tool is outside the viewing area, a GUI indicates the position of the tool by …

Systems and methods for interactive user interfaces for robotic minimally invasive surgical systems

SP DiMaio, CJ Hasser, RH Taylor, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for a mini mally invasive surgical system is
disclosed. The method includes capturing and displaying camera images of a sur gical site …

Medical robotics in computer-integrated surgery

RH Taylor, D Stoianovici - IEEE transactions on robotics and …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides a broad overview of medical robot systems used in surgery. After
introducing basic concepts of computer-integrated surgery, surgical CAD/CAM, and surgical …

Method and system for moving a plurality of articulated instruments in tandem back towards an entry guide

N Diolaiti - US Patent 9,138,129, 2015 - Google Patents
A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an
entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the …

Medical robotics and computer-integrated surgery

RH Taylor, A Menciassi, G Fichtinger, P Fiorini… - Springer handbook of …, 2016 - Springer
The growth of medical robotics since the mid-1980s has been striking. From a few initial
efforts in stereotactic brain surgery, orthopaedics, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, and …

Today's state of the art in surgical robotics

PP Pott, HP Scharf, MLR Schwarz - Computer Aided Surgery, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This paper describes the current level of development of robots for surgery.
Material and Methods: This paper is based on a literature search in Pubmed, IEEExplore …

Medical robotic system with coupled control modes

N Diolaiti, DQ Larkin, CJ Mohr - US Patent 9,333,042, 2016 - Google Patents
In a coupled control mode, the Surgeon directly controls movement of an associated slave
manipulator with an input device while indirectly controlling movement of one or more non …

Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view of articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide

T Mustufa, N Diolaiti, DQ Larkin - US Patent 10,258,425, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a
camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image …

Synthetic representation of a surgical robot

BD Itkowitz, DJ Halabe, T Zhao, S Dimaio… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
34/20 (2016. 02); A61B 34/25 (2016. 02); A61B 90/361 (2016. 02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.
02); A61B 2090/371 (2016. 02); G05B 2219/36432 (2013. 01); G05B 2219/39083 (2013 …