Robotic tool control

US11602403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Paul Thienphrapa · Baltimore, US
• Molly Lara Flexman · New York, US
• Torre Michelle BYDLON · Melrose, US
• Aleksandra Popovic · New York, US
• Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki · Baltimore, US
• Grzegorz Andrzej Toporek · Cambridge, US
• Alexandru Patriciu · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/367
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for controlling a robotic tool includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the system to perform a process that includes monitoring sequential motion of tissue in a three-dimensional space. The process also includes projecting locations and corresponding times when the tissue will be at projected locations in the three-dimensional space. An identified location of the tissue in the three-dimensional space is identified based on the projected locations. A trajectory of the robotic tool is set to meet the tissue at the identified location at a projected time corresponding to the identified location.