Devices and methods for utilizing mechanical surgical devices in a virtual environment
US8834170B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 3, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00371
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices and methods that combine an actual surgical instrument handle, for example the handle of an AutoSuture EndoStitch™ device, with a force feedback generator able to create resistance to motion similar to that encountered in a real operating environment. The devices and methods provide a means for repeatedly performing maneuvers that accurately simulate the actual instrument, but in a virtual environment. The devices have haptic capabilities and collision detection so that the virtual device, such as the needle driver of the EndoStitch™ device, is “aware” of instrument contact.
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