Covidien LP

Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft-Und Raumfahrt E.v

Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft-Und Raumfahrt E.v.

Brainlab Ag

Kuka Laboratories Gmbh

Ulrich Hagn

Ulrich Seibold

Sophie Lantermann

Alexander Nothhelfer

Tobias Ortmaier

Alin Albu-Schäffer

Georg Passig

Michael A Zemlok

Rainer Birkenbach

Andreas Hartlep

Jason T Iceman

Richard S Lech

Michael Bertram

Günter Schreiber

Shane Reardon

Richard Wohlgemuth

Thomas Staebler

Andreas Tobergte

Markus Grebenstein

Robert Haslinger

Christian Ott

Florian Alexander Fröhlich

Thomas Stäbler

Bernhard Kuebler

Klaus Jöhl

Mathias Nickl

Jan Koenig

Franz Hacker

Rainer Konietschke

Stefan Jörg

Matthias Sturm

Christopher Schlenk

Noah N Yang

Florian FRÖHLICH

Bernhard KÜBLER

A surgical robotic system includes a plurality of magneto sensors for measuring a torque, axial force, angle, position, or speed of various driven members in the surgical robotic system.

Surgical robotic systems

A surgical robotic system includes a first robotic arm, a second robotic arm, a control tower, and a surgeon console. The first robotic arm is engaged with a first movable cart. The second robotic arm is engaged with a second movable cart. The control tower is configured to control movement of the first robotic arm. The surgeon console is configured to provide instructions to the control tower. The control tower is electrically coupled to the surgeon console via a first cable. The surgeon console is electrically coupled to the first movable cart via a second cable.

Surgical robotic system with daisy chaining

A surgical robotic system includes a robotic arm cart for supporting a robotic arm, and a docking station configured to be secured to an operating room floor around a surgical table. The robotic arm cart has a plurality of legs having wheels for facilitating movement of the robotic arm cart along the floor of the operating room. The robotic arm cart is configured to transition from an enlarged footprint state to a reduced footprint state. When the robotic arm cart is in the reduced footprint state, the robotic arm cart is connected to the docking station to provide stability to the robotic arm cart.

Surgical robotic systems and robotic arm carts thereof

A storage assembly for a surgical robotic arm includes a stand, legs configured to be coupled to a bottom end portion of the stand, and a handle slidably coupled to the stand. The stand is configured to receive and support a surgical robotic arm therein when in vertical and horizontal positions.

Surgical robotic arm storage assemblies and methods of replacing surgical robotic arms using the storage assemblies

A robotic arm configured to support and operate a surgical instrument includes a slider, first and second nuts rotatably disposed within the slider, a gear, and left-handed and right-handed lead screws. The first and second nuts each have a geared outer surface operably coupled to the gear. The left-handed lead screw extends through the slider and threadingly engages the first nut. The right-handed lead screw is disposed in parallel relation with the left-handed lead screw and extends through the slider. The right-handed lead screw threadingly engages the second nut. A rotation of the left-handed lead screw and/or the right-handed lead screw effects a rotation of the gear relative to the slider or an axial movement of the slider and the gear along the lead screws.

Robotic surgical systems and robotic arms thereof

A holding device for surgical instruments, in particular for minimally invasive surgery, is provided. The device includes a holding arm that holds an instrument support at the distal end of the holding arm. The instrument support can have which a surgical instrument is mounted thereon. The surgical instrument is operated by way of a drive device. To permit a simple replacement of the instrument support, the drive device is connected to the holding arm by way of a holding device, such that the drive device can easily be changed from a drive position to a replacement position.

Holding device for a surgical instrument

Minimally invasive instrument for robotic surgery including a functional element, a force, torque and/or pressure transmission device for transmitting force, torque and/or pressure from a drive to the functional element, a coupling device for coupling the instrument to a medical robot such that the functional element can be actuated by the drive, wherein an operating element for manually operating the functional element in a state in which the instrument is uncoupled from the medical robot.

Minimally invasive instrument for robotic surgery

A robot system is provided that includes a transport device and a robot. The transport device has a receiving device that receives a robot and a movement device connected with the receiving device. The robot has a robot base with at least one manipulator element connected with the robot base. The robot system further includes a fastening device connected with the robot base for fastening the robot to a holding device and includes a transport device receiver that is connected with the robot base for fastening the robot to the transport device.

Robot system

To connect conventional or laparoscopic instruments to a robot that can be used for medical applications, there can be a device that has a first and a second circular cylinder segment having a continuous center bore is connected with the angled first segment affixed to the free end of a robot arm. This connection can be by way of an articulated joint that can be rotated by 180&#xb0;. On one end surface of the second segment, there can be a third segment in the form of a flange, having a bore that is coaxial with the continuous center bore in the second segment. There is also a rolling joint which can be used to allow the device to rotate. Around the bore of the flange, there can be supply technology and data technology connection elements and a locking mechanism for coupling end effectors on and off.

Device for connecting conventional or laparoscopic instruments to a robot

A robot structure, in particular for minimally invasive surgery, is provided with a first robot element and a second robot element that can be moved relative to the first robot element, said second robot element having two grasping and/or cutting elements which can be uniformly moved with respect to each other and which are connected to the first robot element via a hinge axis. The robot structure further has a force transmitting device for moving the grasping and/or cutting elements of the movable robot element and at least one sensor element comprising a sensitive end for receiving forces and/or torques that occur on the movable robot element and includes a base element that is fixed to the first robot element.

Robot structure

The input apparatus () for medical minimally invasive robots or medical simulators consists of at least one handheld device () having a first operating part () and a second operating part (), wherein the first and second operating parts () are connected to one another via a pivot joint (), a measuring system () having one or more sensors for determining an angle between the first and second operating parts (), for contactlessly detecting the spatial position of the handheld device and for contactlessly detecting the orientation of the handheld device, and a computer unit () which can be connected to the handheld device () via a data link.

Input apparatus for medical minimally invasive robots or medical simulators and medical device having an input apparatus

The sterile cover system for sterilely covering a medical technical robot arm with a connecting element, having a receiving bore with an inner wall, for endoscopic devices, is provided with a sack-shaped drape for enclosing the connecting element. The drape comprises a film tube which is adapted to the receiving bore for covering the inner wall, and a guiding element which is removably attached to a first end of the film tube, adapted to the receiving bore and extends into the film tube in an initial state of the sterile cover system. The film tube can be inserted into and guided through the receiving bore by means of the guiding element such that a surface of the film tube, facing inward in an initial state of the sterile cover system, faces the inner wall of the receiving bore in a state in which the film tube is guided through the receiving bore.

Sterile cover system for sterilely covering a medical technical robot arm and method for sterilely covering a medical technical robot arm

A manipulator for an industrial robot includes a plurality of actuators associated with a plurality of motion axes. An axis sensor is associated with each of the plurality of motion axes. Each axis sensor is configured to determine a single axis value for the corresponding axis of the plurality of motion axes. A redundant sensor arrangement is configured to ascertain an overall manipulator value. A control is configured to balance the overall manipulator value and the single axis values acquired by the axis sensors. A method of controlling the manipulator is also provided. Axis values are acquired by the axis sensors associated with each of the plurality of motion axes. A redundant manipulator value is acquired by the redundant sensor arrangement. The redundant manipulator value and the axis values acquired by the axis sensors are balanced, and a signal corresponding to the result of the balancing is output.

Manipulator, particularly industrial robot, having a redundant sensor arrangement, and method for the control thereof

An anthropomorphic medical robot arm includes a base end, a first arm element, a base joint coupling the base end to the first arm element, a second arm element, a middle joint coupling the second arm element to the first arm element, a distal functional end, a distal joint coupling the distal functional end to the second arm element, and at least one selectively operable movement inhibitor operable on the base joint, middle joint and/or distal joint so as to restrict the functionally possible range of movement of the robot arm to the range of movement of a human arm.

Anthropomorphic medical robot arm with movement restrictions

A robot structure, suited especially for minimally invasive surgery, comprises two robot elements interconnected by a hinge. Using a force transmission the movable robot element of said robot structure, notably comprising two gripping elements, can be moved. A sensor element is provided for picking up forces occurring. To reduce the influence of motional forces, said force transmission is connected with a base element of said sensor element such that motional forces transmitted by said force transmission element are supported at the base element.

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Ulrich Hagn