Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Tojo
Tsuyoshi Tojo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12324639Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Nobuyasu Shimomura, Tetsuo Ichii
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Publication number: 20250152285Abstract: A surgical robot includes: a surgical instrument including a base disposed at a proximal end of the surgical instrument, a tool disposed at a distal end of the surgical instrument, and a shaft extending in an axial direction between the base and the tool; a manipulator configured to support the surgical instrument, the manipulator including an instrument interface to which the base of the surgical instrument is attached, an arm including rotational joints, and a prismatic joint coupling the instrument interface to a distal end of the arm; and a controller. including a memory that stores a remote center that is a center of motion of the surgical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
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Publication number: 20250127582Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a surgical apparatus including a first robot arm to move a medical instrument, an arm base to support a proximal end of the first robot arm, and a second robot arm to move the arm base, and a monitoring controller configured or programmed to monitor whether or not a monitoring point set with respect to the arm base or the second robot arm is within a monitoring area, and change the monitoring area based on a posture of the second robot arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuo ICHII, Ayataka KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro FUKUNO, Tsuyoshi TOJO
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Patent number: 12245832Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Nobuyasu Shimomura, Tetsuo Ichii
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Publication number: 20250064539Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a surgical instrument operation unit including a first substrate to which a signal received by the surgical instrument operation unit is input, and a controller connected to the first substrate by serial communication via a first wire line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Hirotaka KUNO, Koji MUNETO
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Publication number: 20250057615Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a substrate in a robot arm or an arm operation unit, to which a signal received by the arm operation unit is input, and a controller. The controller is connected to the substrate by serial communication via a first wire line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Hirotaka KUNO, Tatsurou YASUDA
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Publication number: 20250041008Abstract: A surgical robot (10) includes robot arms (130), an arm base (120), and a control device (30). Each of the robot arms includes a base portion (138), a tip portion (137) that can hold a medical instrument (150), and links (131 to 136). The link (131) adjacent to the base portion is connected to the base portion through a rotational joint (JA1). 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 (134aa) of a first link (134) is located between a second portion (138a) of the base portion and a third portion (JA7a) of the tip portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
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Publication number: 20240415595Abstract: In a surgical robot, an operation unit includes an enable switch and an operation tool configured to control a moving direction of an arm, and the enable switch and the operation tool are arranged apart from each other within a range operable by fingers of one hand of an operator in the operation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuji KISHIDA, Tsuyoshi TOJO, Toshihiko TAKAGI, Hiroaki KITATSUJI, Koji MUNETO
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Patent number: 12161437Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Nobuyasu Shimomura, Tetsuo Ichii
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Publication number: 20240390083Abstract: A surgical robot includes an arm base mover configured to move an arm base configured to support a plurality of arms, an imaging device provided on the arm base, the imaging device being configured to image a patient placed on a surgical table, and a display configured to display, in real time, the patient imaged by the imaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Yuji KISHIDA, Takeshi KURIHARA
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Patent number: 12102399Abstract: A surgical robot includes a first indicator configured to indicate a state of a system, and a plurality of second indicators configured to individually indicate states of a plurality of arms, and the state of the system includes a state of the surgical robot excluding the states of the plurality of arms and a state of a doctor-side operation device.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuji Kishida, Tomohiro Fukuno, Ryosuke Hida, Tsuyoshi Tojo
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Patent number: 12102407Abstract: In a surgical robot, an operation unit includes an enable switch and an operation tool configured to control a moving direction of an arm, and the enable switch and the operation tool are arranged apart from each other within a range operable by fingers of one hand of an operator in the operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuji Kishida, Tsuyoshi Tojo, Toshihiko Takagi, Hiroaki Kitatsuji, Koji Muneto
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Patent number: 12082892Abstract: A surgical robot includes an arm base mover configured to move an arm base configured to support a plurality of arms, an imaging device provided on the arm base, the imaging device being configured to image a patient placed on a surgical table, and a display configured to display, in real time, the patient imaged by the imaging device.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Yuji Kishida, Takeshi Kurihara
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Publication number: 20240122664Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a controller configured or programmed to perform an arm interference avoidance control to move a second manipulator arm relative to a first manipulator arm such that a reference line moves along an outer edge of an approach prohibited range of a first manipulator arm when a second manipulator arm approaches within the approach prohibited range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventor: Tsuyoshi TOJO
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Patent number: 11801103Abstract: A surgical system includes: a tool manipulator having a tool manipulator arm and a surgical tool; a console having a handling tool configured to receive a tool movement input of a surgeon for the surgical tool, the console being configured to transmit a tool movement command generated based on the tool movement input, the tool movement input including a translation amount and a rotation amount for the surgical tool; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate an actual translation amount by multiplying the translation amount by a predetermined translation scale factor and move the surgical tool in accordance with the actual translation amount, and to calculate an actual rotation amount by multiplying the rotation amount by a predetermined rotation scale factor and move the surgical tool in accordance with the actual rotation amount. The translation scale factor and the rotation scale factor are different values.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Kenji Noguchi, Tetsushi Ito, Tetsuya Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20230032548Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Ayataka KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi TOJO, Hirofumi YAMAMORI, Jota IDA, Hiroaki KITATSUJI
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Publication number: 20230012535Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
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Publication number: 20230014033Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
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Publication number: 20230000572Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi TOJO, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Tetsuo ICHII
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Patent number: 11517384Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical assist robot including a robot main body and a slave controller, and a console. The robot main body has an entry guide, an entry guide support device, and at least one manipulator having an end effector provided at a distal end. The entry guide includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder into which the inner cylinder is inserted in an insertion axial direction, and a guide advancing device that displaces the inner cylinder in the insertion axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder. While a position and a posture of the end effector that has advanced from the entry guide are maintained, the inner cylinder is caused to advance toward the end effector within a predetermined movable range along the insertion axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Tojo, Kenji Noguchi, Tetsushi Ito, Tetsuya Nakanishi