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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Asensus Surigal Us, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asensus Surgical US, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/741 (2016.02);
Abstract
A haptic interface for a robot-assisted surgical system makes use of a plurality of sensors and a plurality of bladders each mountable to fingers a human hand. A processor receives user input from the sensors in response to movement of the fingers and, in response to the input, causing movement or actuation of a surgical instrument on a robotic manipulator. The processor also receives force input from force sensors of the surgical system corresponding to forces against the surgical instrument, and in response to the force input causing fluid to move into one or more of the bladders.