Publication number: 20100185211
Abstract: The present invention concerns hybrid manual-robotic system for supporting and moving a surgical instrument having active main structure (100) that comprises: a) a base (2) for attachment to an operating table having an operating surface (150); b) a hexahedral-shape frame (3), which shape is formed from a first (5, 5?) and second (4, 4?) pair of opposing parallelograms and opposing proximal (6?) and distal (6) rectangles, which frame (3) is formed by at least seven links (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23) connected by revolute joints (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 109), whereby a) a pair of parallel base links (7, 13) of the proximal rectangle (6?) is coupled to the base (2) by two revolute joints (116, 117), and are configured to lie and remain essentially perpendicular to the plane of the 10 operating surface (150) and to revolve around their longitudinal axes that coincide with the axes of revolution of joints (116, 117), whereby b) said revolute joints are configured to allow the hexahedral frame (3)
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 12, 2008
Publication date:
July 22, 2010
Applicants:
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT-LUC
Inventors:
Benoit Herman, Benoit Raucent, Khanh Tran Duy, Jacques Donnez, Roland Polet