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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Asensus Surgical Us, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Paul Wilhelm Schnur, Pipersville, PA (US);
Stefan Atay, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kevin Andrew Hufford, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew R Penny, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Asensus Surgical US, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A powered user interface for a robotic surgical system operates in accordance with a mode of operation in which the actuators are operated to permit motion of the handle in pitch and yaw motion constrained with respect to a virtual fulcrum in a work space of the user interface, and insertion motion is constrained along an axis passing through the virtual fulcrum. In a virtual fulcrum setting mode, a user is prompted to give input to the system selecting a desired point in space for the virtual fulcrum. The selected point in space is then set as the virtual fulcrum.