James Tahara Handa;Russell H. Taylor;Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki
发明人:
Russell H. Taylor,Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki,James Tahara Handa
申请号：
US13813717
公开号：
US20140066944A1
申请日:
2011.08.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
A system and method for tool exchange during surgery for cooperatively controlled robots comprises a tool holder for receiving a surgical tool adapted to be held by a robot and a surgeon, a tool holding element for constraining downward motion of the tool while allowing low force removal of the surgical tool from the holder, a first sensor for detecting if the surgical tool is docked within the tool holder, and a selector for automatically selecting different movements or actions of the tool holder to be performed based upon information detected by the first sensor. The system and method of the present invention provides an advantage to an often slow moving cooperative robot, by increasing the speed by which the tool holder may move in the direction away from the patient.
