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| 20100217991 | SURGERY ROBOT SYSTEM OF SERVER AND CLIENT TYPE - A server-client type surgical robot system is disclosed. One aspect of the present invention provides a surgical robot system that includes a plurality of control clients, which generate control signals, and a surgical server, which is manipulated in correspondence with the control signals received from authenticated control clients. The server-client type surgical robot system can include a plurality of control clients for manipulating one surgical server, and incorporates security technology in server-client based robot surgery, to allow greater safety in performing surgery. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100224022 | SURGICAL SLAVE ROBOT - A surgical slave robot is disclosed. The surgical slave robot, for performing a surgical operation with a surgical instrument installed on an end portion of a robot arm, can include: a main body; a major support arm that is coupled to the main body such that the major support arm is movable along one direction; a minor support arm rotatably coupled to the major support arm; and a plurality of the robot arms rotatably coupled to the minor support arm. By coupling a twofold support arm of a major and minor support arm to a tower-shaped main body and coupling multiple robot arms to the support arms, the surgical slave robot may be constructed with a compact and slim size that occupies a small amount of space, making it possible to position the surgical robot close to the patient while providing space for the surgeon to access the patient. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100274089 | LAPAROSCOPE AND SETTING METHOD THEREOF - A laparoscope includes: a housing extending a particular length; a pair of lenses set in both end portions of the housing along a lengthwise direction; a pair of first reflectors mounted within the housing adjacent to the pair of lenses to reflect light from the pair of lenses towards a particular position; a second reflector mounted within the housing that receives the light reflected from the pair of first reflectors and reflects the light in a particular direction; and an optical passage coupled to the housing that receives the light reflected from the second reflector and transmits the light to a particular position. Since a single-lens laparoscope may be connected to the housing where a pair of lenses are set with a gap in-between, the diameter of the laparoscope can be reduced, and an image can be obtained that has a brightness comparable to that obtained by a single-lens laparoscope. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100286712 | BED INTEGRATED SURGICAL ROBOT - Disclosed is a bed integrated surgical robot. The bed integrated surgical robot comprises a supporting part, a frame supported by the supporting part, a table supported by the frame and on which a surgical patient is laid and a surgical robot arm installed on the frame and manipulated to reach for the surgical patient, wherein the robot arm is formed of a plurality of joints and deposited on the frame by driving the plurality of joints, and is easy to deposit, install, move, allows an assistant surgeon to easily access a patient under surgery, requires no additional space to install the robot, and functions as a patient bed. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110004225 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR SURGICAL ROBOT - Disclosed are a surgical instrument and a coupling structure for a surgical robot. The surgical instrument, which may be mounted on a surgical robot for operation, and which may perform a maneuver required for surgery by moving and rotating an effector joined to one end of the surgical instrument, may include: a first driving component that rotates about a first axis, a second driving component joined to the first driving component that rotates the first driving component about a second axis which intersects the first axis, a third driving component joined to the second driving component that rotates the second driving component about a third axis which intersects the second axis, a shaft joined to the third driving component that extends in one direction and has the effector joined to one end, and a housing that holds the first driving component, the second driving component, and the third driving component. As the driving components for moving the effector can be provided in a systematically connected form, instead of having each of the driving components arranged independently, the size of the surgical instrument may be reduced. Also, by forming the driving components as a 3-dimensional structure instead of using 2-dimensional pulleys, the transfer of forces required for the complex movements of the effector can be implemented simultaneously. Embodiments of the present invention can also readily be applied to a snake type surgical instrument. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110015650 | INSTRUMENT OF ROBOT ARM FOR SURGERY - An instrument for a surgical robot arm is disclosed. The instrument, which is to be mounted on a front end of a robot arm equipped with an actuator, includes: a housing, which is coupled to the front end of the robot arm; a driving wheel, which is coupled to the housing, and which is operated by way of a driving force transferred from the actuator; and a locking part, which is coupled to the housing, and which locks the operation of the driving wheel in correspondence to the mounting and dismounting of the housing on and from the robot arm. By installing a locking part on the instrument, the locking part can be made to restrain the rotation of the driving wheels when mounting or dismounting the instrument on or from the robot arm, and the driving wheels can be automatically calibrated when the instrument is dismounted from the robot arm. Thus, the driving wheels or the manipulation part may not undergo unnecessary movements, and the driving force of the robot arm can be transferred to the instrument without having to perform a separate aligning process after mounting the instrument onto the robot arm. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022060 | SURGICAL ROBOT - A surgical robot is disclosed, which includes: a handle unit; a main body connected to the handle unit; a robot arm connected to the main body and configured to operate in correspondence with a first manipulation on the handle unit; an instrument mounted on a front end of the robot arm; and a manipulation unit coupled to a far end of the instrument and configured to perform an action required for surgery in correspondence with a second manipulation on the handle unit, wherein the main body is coupled to a support unit. The surgical robot can be constructed with a simpler, slimmer structure, by having the arms of the surgical robot moved and rotated manually and having the instruments manipulated by the robot. Thus, the surgical robot can be installed in a narrow space, and the costs for manufacturing and installing the robot can be reduced. In particular, in the case of simple surgical procedures, the operator may readily manipulate the surgical robot next to the patient, for improved applicability and reliability. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022229 | MASTER INTERFACE AND DRIVING METHOD OF SURGICAL ROBOT - A master interface and a driving method for a surgical robot are disclosed. The master interface is mounted on a master robot, to manipulate a slave robot connected with the master robot, and includes: a main handle coupled to the master robot; a sub-handle coupled to the main handle; a first processor configured to generate a first signal in correspondence with user manipulation on the main handle; and a second processor configured to generate a second signal in correspondence with user manipulation on the sub-handle, where the first signal and the second signal are transmitted to the slave robot independently. As the interface for the surgical master robot includes not only the handle (main handle) for manipulating the robot arm, but also an additional controller (sub-handle) for a laparoscope, etc., the operator is able to simultaneously manipulate the laparoscope, etc., while manipulating the handle, without having to stop manipulating the handle or perform an additional action separately. The sub-handle may be detachably coupled to the main handle, so that the laparoscope, etc., may be manipulated separately by an assistant when necessary. | 01-27-2011 |
