Patent ID: 8332072
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A61B,B25J,G05B

Abstract:
1. A console comprising: a hand controller configured to be operated by a user and operatively coupled to a plurality of mechanical arms, the plurality of mechanical arms configured to perform a medical activity; a position sensing device, the position sensing device configured to sense presence of the user's hand for preventing accidental movement of the plurality of mechanical arms; a clutch mechanism configured to allow a movement of the hand controller without a corresponding movement of any one of the plurality of mechanical arms for re-centering the hand controller; and a force feedback device operatively coupled to the hand controller, the force feedback device configured to receive a signal associated with a movement of the plurality of mechanical arms, the mechanical arms configured to move in one or more of at least eight degrees of freedom, the force feedback device configured to generate force feedback corresponding to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms in one or more of the at least eight degrees of freedom at the hand controller based on the signal, such that the user is capable of operating the hand controller based on the force feedback generated to control the plurality of mechanical arms.