Patent ID: 8834170
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for creating an interactive virtual model of a surgical instrument within a virtual environment, the system comprising: an input device that is manipulated similarly or identically to the handle of the surgical instrument, such that the manipulations used with the input device are similar or identical to one or more maneuvers used to operate one or more controls of the surgical instrument working tip and where the input device manipulations generate at least one signal that corresponds to one or more of the maneuvers that are made with the handle of the surgical instrument; at least one haptic feedback device in operable connection with the input device, such that the at least one signal is transmitted to the at least one haptic feedback device and wherein the haptic feedback device transmits haptic feedback information, including information pertaining to the at least one signal, to the input device; a display device in operable connection with the at least one haptic feedback device wherein information from the at least one haptic feedback device is transmitted to the display device; and, a computer application stored on a computer readable medium accessible by display device that, when executed, such that the manipulations of the input device correspond to one or more control maneuvers used with a surgical instrument and cause modification of the display of the virtual model of the working tip of the surgical instrument.