The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Jihad Kaouk

Robb Colbrunn

Callan Gillespie

Tara Nagle

Nicholas Haas

Keiran Cantilina

Teleoperative, partially automated, and fully automated robotic surgery systems and methods are described herein. These systems and methods relate to at least improvement of robotic movements, three dimensional tracking and pose correction for robots interacting with deformable objections, controlling and optimizing the redundant axis of a seven degree of freedom robotic arm, virtual robotic surgery and simulation, and task coordination and optimization for multi-robot surgery.

Robotic surgery

An apparatus for cauterizing and severing tissue from a patient's body is provided. The apparatus includes a sheath and a cauterization device. The sheath is adapted for insertion into the body. The sheath has a tubular cross-section and includes longitudinally spaced proximal and distal ends. The cauterization device includes a main body portion and a plurality of electrodes for contacting and cauterizing the tissue. Each electrode has longitudinally spaced proximal and distal ends and extends longitudinally through the sheath. The distal end of each electrode is adapted to selectively protrude from the distal end of the sheath to contact and cauterize the tissue. At least one of the plurality of electrodes includes at least one cutting edge formed adjacent the distal end for severing cauterized tissue from the body upon rotation of the main body portion.

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Chagrin Falls, OH, United States of America

Jihad Kaouk