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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Asensus Surgical Us, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asensus Surgical US, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (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
In a method of using a haptic interface for a robot-assisted surgical system, input is received in response to movement of fingers of a human hand. In response to the input, a surgical instrument on a robotic manipulator is moved or actuated. Force input is received from force sensors of the surgical system corresponding to forces against the surgical instrument. In response to the force input, fluid is caused to move into one or more bladders mounted to fingers of the human hand to provide tactile feedback to the user.