Neal A. Tanner;Sean P. Walker;Christopher M. Sewell
发明人:
Neal A. Tanner,Christopher M. Sewell,Sean P. Walker
申请号：
US13174455
公开号：
US20120071894A1
申请日:
2011.06.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods for robotically controlling flexible medical apparatus are described herein. In one embodiment, a robotic surgical system includes a flexible elongated member, a first member movably disposed around at least a portion of the flexible elongated member, a second member movably disposed around at least a portion of the first member, a drive assembly coupled to each of the flexible elongated member, the first member, and the second member, and a control interface for receiving an input command from a user, wherein the drive assembly is configured to automatically move one or both of the first member and the second member while maintaining the flexible elongated member at a fixed axial position in response to the received input command.
