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Granted Patent B2
US 12,441,001 · App. 18/392,568 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Robotic surgical system and method for controlling robotic surgical system

Inventors: Yuichi Mizohata (Kobe, JP); Ayataka Kobayashi (Kobe, JP); Takaki Morimoto (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B25J13/06A61B34/25A61B34/37A61B90/37A61B2034/301
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Patent No.
US 12,441,001
App. No.
18/392,568
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This robotic surgical system has a controller that performs the process of displaying, on the display, a graphical user interface overlayed on the image captured by the endoscope, wherein the graphical user interface includes a correctable range indication indicating a pivot correctable range that is set based on the pivot position stored in the storage.

Claims (44)

1. A robotic surgical system comprising:

a robot arm including a distal part to which a surgical instrument is attached;

a pivot position specifier configured to store a pivot position in a storage, wherein the pivot position is a pivot point of movement of the surgical instrument which is attached to the robot arm;

a display configured to display an image that is captured by an endoscope; and

a controller configured to display, on the display, a graphical user interface overlayed on the image captured by the endoscope, wherein the graphical user interface includes a correctable range indication indicating a pivot correctable range that is set based on the pivot position stored in the storage.

2. The robotic surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to

execute transition to a pivot position change mode of changing the pivot position in accordance with an operating input accepted by the pivot position specifier, and

display, on the display, the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication overlayed on the image captured by the endoscope.

3. The robotic surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the surgical instrument includes a shaft; and

the correctable range indication includes a first correctable range indication indicating the pivot correctable range in a plane orthogonal to the shaft of the surgical instrument.

4. The robotic surgical system according to claim 3 , wherein

the pivot correctable range is represented by a sphere that centers at the pivot position; and

the first correctable range indication includes a first circle indicating the pivot correctable range in the plane orthogonal to the shaft of the surgical instrument.

5. The robotic surgical system according to claim 4 , wherein a diameter of the first circle varies in accordance with the pivot position in a direction along the shaft of the surgical instrument during changing of the pivot position.

6. The robotic surgical system according to claim 4 wherein the first correctable range indication includes a second circle that represents the largest area of the pivot correctable range, and has a fixed diameter irrespective of the pivot position in the direction along the shaft during changing of the pivot position.

7. The robotic surgical system according to claim 6 , wherein an indication form of the second circle in a case in which the surgical instrument is attached to the robot arm is different from an indication form of the second circle in a case in which no surgical instrument is attached to the robot arm.

8. The robotic surgical system according to claim 3 , wherein the correctable range indication includes a linear second correctable range indication indicating the pivot correctable range in a direction along the shaft of the surgical instrument.

9. The robotic surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the surgical instrument includes a shaft; and

the controller is configured to display the graphical user interface including a first changing-position indication that indicates a pivot position in the plane orthogonal to the shaft of the surgical instrument during changing of the pivot position, and a second changing-position indication that indicates the pivot position in the direction along the shaft.

10. The robotic surgical system according to claim 9 further comprising an enable switch configured to enable or disable the movement of the robot arm, wherein

indication forms of the first and second changing-position indications in a case in which the enable switch enables the movement of the robot arm are different from indication forms of the first and second changing-position indications in a case in which the enable switch disables the movement of the robot arm.

11. The robotic surgical system according to claim 1 further comprising a second robot arm, wherein

when the pivot position of the second robot arm is changed, the controller is configured to display the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication corresponding to the second robot arm.

12. The robotic surgical system according to claim 1 further comprising a second robot arm, wherein

the controller is configured to display the graphical user interface including a pivot-to-pivot distance indication indicating a distance between pivot positions that are pivot points of movement of the surgical instruments attached to the robot arm and the second robot arm.

13. The robotic surgical system according to claim 12 further comprising a switch configured to accept selection whether the pivot-to-pivot distance indication is displayed on the display, wherein

the controller is configured to display, in a case in which the switch is selected to display the pivot-to-pivot distance indication on the display, the graphical user interface including the correctable range indications corresponding to the robot arm and the second robot arm.

14. The robotic surgical system according to claim 1 further comprising a pivot position returner configured to accept an operating input for returning the pivot position that has been changed to the pivot position before changing of the pivot position, wherein

the controller is configured to execute returning the pivot position that is stored in the storage after the changing of the pivot position to the pivot position before the changing of the pivot position in response to the operating input for returning accepted by the pivot position returner.

15. A method for controlling a robotic surgical system comprising:

storing a pivot position that is a pivot point of movement of a surgical instrument that is attached to a robot arm in a storage in accordance with an operating input accepted by a pivot position specifier; and

displaying, on a display, a graphical user interface overlayed on an image captured by the endoscope, wherein the graphical user interface includes a correctable range indication indicating a pivot correctable range that is set based on the pivot position stored in the storage.

16. The method for controlling a robotic surgical system according to claim 15 , wherein the displaying the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication to be superimposed on the image on the display includes changing into a pivot position change mode of changing the pivot position in accordance with an operating input accepted by the pivot position specifier, and the displaying, on the display, the image with the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication overlayed on the image captured by the endoscope.

17. The method for controlling a robotic surgical system according to claim 15 , wherein

the surgical instrument includes a shaft; and

the correctable range indication includes a first correctable range indication indicating the pivot correctable range in a plane orthogonal to the shaft of the surgical instrument.

18. The method for controlling a robotic surgical system according to claim 15 , wherein

the surgical instrument includes a shaft; and

the method further comprises displaying the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication a first changing-position indication that indicates a pivot position in a plane orthogonal to the shaft of the surgical instrument during changing of the pivot position, a second changing-position indication that indicates the pivot position in a direction along the shaft.

19. The method for controlling a robotic surgical system according to claim 15 , wherein the displaying the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication to be superimposed on the image on the display includes directing the display to display the image, when the pivot position of the second robot arm is changed, displaying the graphical user interface including the correctable range indication corresponding to the second robot arm.

20. The method for controlling a robotic surgical system according to claim 15 further comprising displaying the graphical user interface including a pivot-to-pivot distance indication indicating a distance between pivot positions that are pivot points of movement of the surgical instruments attached to the robot arm and the second robot arm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: MIZOHATA, YUICHI; KOBAYASHI, AYATAKA; MORIMOTO, TAKAKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065933/0827 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-211532 · Dec 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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