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Robot system and method for controlling a robot system for minimally invasive surgery

US9681921B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ABB gomtec GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Gombert · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
Patrick Rothfu; · Garching bei München, DE
Leopold Krausen · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2014
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/08
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling a robot system (1) for minimally invasive surgery, which comprises at least two robots (2, 3). According to the invention a port (7), which serves to provide access into the body of a patient (5), is operated by means of a first robot (2), and a surgical instrument (10), which is designed to be introduced into the body of the patient (5) through the port (7), is operated by means of a second robot (3). The separate operation of the port (7) and the surgical instrument (10) makes it possible to guide the port (7) synchronously to a movement of the surgical instrument (10), to damp the movement of the surgical instrument (10) or to block the movement by fixing the port (7).

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