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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Aryeh Leib Reinstein, Bronx, NY (US);
Aleksandra Popovic, Boston, MA (US);
David Paul Noonan, New York, NY (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A replica control tool () for remotely controlling a control handle () of an interventional tool (e.g., a probe, a catheter and a flexible scope) is robotically controlled by a robotic actuator (). The replica control tool () employs a replica control handle () is substantially a replica of a structural configuration of the control handle () of the interventional tool. A control input device () (e.g., a joystick or a trackball) is movable relative to the replica control handle (). The replica control tool () further employs a robotic actuator controller () for remotely controlling the robotic actuator () in response to any movement of the control input device () relative to the replica control handle. The replica control tool () may further employ an electromechanical device () (e.g., an accelerometer) co-rotatable with the replica control handle () whereby the controller () remotely controls the robotic actuator () in response to a rotation of the electromechanical device ().