Patent · US Expired

Modularity system for computer assisted surgery

US6728599B2 · kind B2 · utility

469Cited by
221References
60Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 2001
Grant dateApr 27, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 7, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/923
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include robotic arms and instruments used to perform a medical procedure. The system may include an arbitrator that determines which console has priority to control one or more of the robotic arms/instruments.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.