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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2007
Sergei N. Kurenov, West Falls, NY (US);
Juan Carlos Cendan, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jorg Peters, Gainesville, FL (US);
Sergei N. Kurenov, West Falls, NY (US);
Juan Carlos Cendan, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jorg Peters, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods that combine an actual surgical instrument handle, for example the handle of an AutoSuture EndoStitch™ device, with a force feedback generator able to create resistance to motion similar to that encountered in a real operating environment. The devices and methods provide a means for repeatedly performing maneuvers that accurately simulate the actual instrument, but in a virtual environment. The devices have haptic capabilities and collision detection so that the virtual device, such as the needle driver of the EndoStitch™ device, is 'aware' of instrument contact.