Surgical robotic automation with tracking markers
US11045267B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45117
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices, Systems, and Methods for detecting a 3-dimensional position of an object, and surgical automation involving the same. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The end-effector, surgical instruments, the patient, and/or other objects to be tracked include active and/or passive tracking markers. Cameras, such as stereophotogrammetric infrared cameras, are able to detect the tracking markers, and the robot determines a 3-dimensional position of the object from the tracking markers.
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