Patents Assigned to MEDICAROID CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 11596485
    Abstract: A method for remotely supporting a surgery assistant robot may include: receiving at least one piece of operation information concerning an operation of the surgery assistant robot, by a server device that performs a remote support for the surgery assistant robot; and transmitting, in response to a predetermined event, at least one of a sound, an image, or a text from the server device to at least one of the surgery assistant robot or a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: SYSMEX CORPORATION, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanao Ohashi, Takehiko Sudoh, Shoko Ito, Jota Ida, Yasuyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230061446
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system according to an embodiment may include: a surgical instrument including a pair of jaw members; an operation handle; and a surgical robot that includes a robot arm to which the surgical instrument is attached and which includes a drive part to drive a driven member, and a controller configured to drive the drive part based on a command jaw opening angle associated with an input to the input device for controlling an opening angle between the pair of jaw members. The controller is configured, when it is determined that a current value of the drive part excesses a predetermined threshold value during a closing operation of the pair of jaw members, to drive the drive part in a restriction mode in which a magnitude of the command jaw opening angle is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: MEDICAROID CORPORATION, KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru TAKAHASHI, Hidenori TANI
  • Publication number: 20230068780
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a control device is configured or programmed to scale rotation speeds of a plurality of joints axes of a robot arm at predetermined ratios such that the rotation speeds of the plurality of joint axes become equal to or lower than limit value with respect to a received operation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo ICHII, Takahiro UENO, Takuya SHITAKA, Akinori IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 11589935
    Abstract: An operation device for a surgical manipulator includes an input device that operates the surgical manipulator. The input device includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of motors that drives the plurality of joints, and reduction ratios in power transmission paths from the plurality of motors to the plurality of joints, respectively, are 0.5 or more and 30 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Doi
  • Publication number: 20230059242
    Abstract: A surgical robot includes: a plurality of manipulator arms; a platform to which the plurality of manipulator arms are coupled; a positioner configured to change the position and posture of the platform; a controller configured to control the positioner; and a user interface. The user interface includes: first manipulation tools each configured to receive an input of manipulation which selects one of a plurality of operating modes for changing the position and posture of the platform; and a single second manipulation tool configured to receive an input of manipulation information regarding the position and posture. The controller generates a command regarding the position and posture of the platform based on the acquired manipulation information and the selected operating mode and operates the positioner based on the generated command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji KISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11583352
    Abstract: An endoscope adaptor to be connected to a robot arm of a robotic surgical system through a drape adaptor according to an embodiment may include a base section, a holding section, a driven member, and a transmission mechanism. The base is to be detachably connected to the drape adaptor. The driven member is rotatably provided on the base section and configured to be rotated by a rotation drive section of the robot arm through the drape adaptor. The holding section holds an endoscope rotatably about a rotation axis, the endoscope including an insertion section including an image capturing section provided at a distal end of the insertion section and a body section connected to the insertion section, wherein the rotation axis extends in a direction in which the insertion section extends. The transmission mechanism is configured to transmit rotation of the driven member to the holding section holding the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Betsugi, Yu Usuki, Kenji Ago
  • Publication number: 20230048197
    Abstract: A surgery system that includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a surgical instrument and includes a plurality of joints and a plurality of motors corresponding the respective joints of the plurality of joints; a first input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multiple-degree freedom slave arm is operated by one of the first input device and the second input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Medicaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto JINNO, Hiroaki SANO
  • Publication number: 20230032548
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a controller is configured or programmed to set a temporary pivot position based on an operation on a pivot position setter and store a position adjusted by a predetermined length from the temporary pivot position as a pivot position in a storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayataka KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi TOJO, Hirofumi YAMAMORI, Jota IDA, Hiroaki KITATSUJI
  • Publication number: 20230034631
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a controller is configured or programmed to change at least one of a level of an operation start assisting force, a level of an in-operation assisting force, or a level of a braking force based on a level change operation of an operator received by a level change receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKANO, Takeshi KURIHARA, Masataka TANABE, Shinji KAJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230012535
    Abstract: A surgical robot includes robot arms, an arm base, and a control device. Each of the robot arms includes a base portion, a tip portion that can hold a medical instrument, and links. The link adjacent to the base portion is connected to the base portion through a rotational joint. The control device controls the robot arm having at least seven degrees of freedom among the robot arms such that when viewed from a direction parallel to an axial direction of a rotation axis of the rotational joint, a first portion of a first link is located between a second portion of the base portion and a third portion of the tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
  • Publication number: 20230014033
    Abstract: A surgical robot includes: a surgical instrument; a manipulator that supports a surgical instrument without holding a trocar and includes an instrument interface to which the surgical instrument is attached, an arm including rotational joints, and a prismatic joint; and a controller. The controller may store a center of motion of the surgical instrument and control motion of the manipulator such that with the shaft inserted through the trocar and the tool located in a body cavity of the patient, a relationship T1?L is established in a case of L?T0, wherein: L represents an intra-body cavity length of the surgical instrument; T0 represents a maximum possible linear movement amount of the prismatic joint from an origin position along the axial direction; and T1 represents a first linear movement amount of the prismatic joint from the origin position to a current position along the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
  • Patent number: 11553978
    Abstract: A stopper according to one or more embodiments may include: a stopper body; and a rotation restriction portion provided at the stopper body and configured to restrict rotations of the drive transmission member. The stopper may be configured such that the rotation restriction portion restricts the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is attached to the adaptor main body and the rotation restriction portion releases the restriction of the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is detached from the adaptor main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ago, Kaoru Takahashi, Yu Usuki, Shota Betsugi, Tomoaki Noda, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Tetsuya Nakanishi, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20230000572
    Abstract: A controller of a surgical system is configured to: set a center point; set a reference point on a reference line that is an extension of a rotation axis of a proximal end roll joint or that is offset from the extension in a direction normal to the extension; and position joints of a manipulator arm such that a shaft passes through the center point and that a reference plane passes through the reference point, the reference plane including a rotation axis of a distal end roll joint that coincides with a central axis of the shaft and crossing a rotation axis of a pivotal joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
  • Publication number: 20230000577
    Abstract: A surgical system according to one or more embodiments may include: manipulators respectively supporting an endoscope and first and second surgical instruments; a remote control apparatus including a display device, a first operation handle for right hand to operate the first surgical instrument, and a second operation handle for left hand to operate the second surgical instrument; and a control apparatus. The control apparatus may display, on the display device, a graphical user interface, overlapped with the image captured by the endoscope, the graphical user interface including a first area that displays information on the first surgical instrument to be operated by the first operation handle, a second area that displays information on the second surgical instrument to be operated by the second operation handle, and a third area that displays information on the endoscope, which are arranged side by side in order from right to left.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki ISHIHARA, Kenichiro TSURUMOTO, Yuki SUZUKI, Masaya KUNIMOTO, Yuki KIMPARA, Yuichi KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220409317
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a control device is configured or programmed to perform first scaling on at least a rotational component in a received operation amount, and calculate a rotation angle of a joint axis of a robot arm by performing an inverse kinematics calculation on a translational component and the rotational component after the first scaling is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo ICHII, Takahiro UENO, Takuya SHITAKA, Akinori IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 11529160
    Abstract: A remote operation-type surgery system is disclosed, which includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a medical instrument including a shaft portion and an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft portion; a first input device configured to receive a first input to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to receive a second input to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; a touch panel configured to set an operation mode for the multiple-degree freedom slave arm operated by the second input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm based on the first input or second input, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not an in-operation signal is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Jinno, Hiroaki Sano
  • Publication number: 20220395346
    Abstract: A sterile drape for covering a robot arm of a surgical robot according to an embodiment may include: a bag-shaped drape body formed with an opening at an end portion on one side of the drape body; and a mount cover provided at the other side of the drape body and configured to cover a mount section of the robot arm to which a surgical instrument is to be mounted via an adaptor. The mount cover includes one or more through holes. A protective film that is configured to be peelable from the mount cover is attached to the mount cover so as to cover the one or more through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki IHARA, Mamoru KONO, Yuki SAGOI, Yuko MORI
  • Publication number: 20220395350
    Abstract: A surgical robot includes a controller configured or programmed to control a display to superimpose guide information indicating a moving direction of a medical cart based on a steering angle of a steering device on an image captured by an imaging device and display the guide information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayataka KOBAYASHI, Tetsuo ICHII, Hirofumi YAMAMORI, Hideo KAWABATA, Hiroaki KITATSUJI
  • Publication number: 20220395341
    Abstract: A training device according to an embodiment may be used for training for surgery using a surgical system that includes: a patient side apparatus including first and second robot arms; and a doctor side control apparatus including first and second input devices configured to operate the first and second robot arms respectively and a display. The training device may include: a training control unit configured to display, on the display, a first virtual surgical instrument that moves in response to operation on the first input device, and a second virtual surgical instrument that moves in response to operation on the second input device; and a storage storing therein a surgical video. The training control unit is configured to display on the display the surgical video stored in the storage with overlaying the first virtual surgical instrument and the second virtual surgical instrument on the surgical video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jota IDA
  • Publication number: 20220387120
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, an operation unit includes a drive to assist an operation of an operator. A controller is configured or programmed to control the drive to exert a braking force when the operation on the operation unit is decelerated and/or accelerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Yusuke TAKANO, Takeshi KURIHARA, Shinji KAJIHARA