Granted Patent B2

US 12,318,102 · App. 17/943,120 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Inventors: Jiayi Lin (San Mateo, CA); Chauncey F. Graetzel (Palo Alto, CA); Sarah Plewe (Redwood City, CA); Rachel Leigh Chok (Sunnyvale, CA)

Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.

A61B17/221A61B1/00006A61B1/00149A61B1/307A61B34/30A61B34/74A61B2034/301A61B2034/742A61B2034/743A61B2034/744A61B2090/066

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A robotic system for performing a medical procedure, the robotic system comprising:

a robotic manipulator configured to:

manipulate a medical instrument comprising a basket, the medical instrument configured to access a human anatomy through an orifice or a lumen; an input device configured to receive one or more user interactions and initiate one

or more actions by the robotic manipulator, the one or more actions comprising at least one of directly controlled movement and pre-programmed motions; and

control circuitry communicatively coupled to the input device and the robotic manipulator and configured to:

in response to receiving a first user interaction via the input device, initiate a first pre-programmed motion of the robotic manipulator, the first pre-programmed motion comprising repeated insertion and retraction of the basket within the orifice or the lumen,

wherein the repeated insertion and retraction of the first pre-programmed motion of the robotic manipulator is performed at a faster speed compared to insertion and retraction of the directly controlled movement.

2. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the medical instrument further comprises a ureteroscope and the medical procedure comprises ureteroscopy.

3. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the input device comprises a control pad, the control pad comprising:

directional controls configured to direct movement of the robotic manipulator along a plurality of axes; and

a plurality of user interface components including a first user interface component and a second user interface component.

4. The robotic system of claim 3 , the control circuitry further configured to:

in response to actuating the first user interface component and the second user interface component concurrently, initiate the first pre-programmed motion of the robotic manipulator.

5. The robotic system of claim 4 , wherein the first pre-programmed motion of the robotic manipulator comprises a repeated, short range, forward and backward movement.

6. The robotic system of claim 5 , wherein the short range is within a range of a millimeter to a centimeter.

7. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to perform the insertion and the retraction of the first pre-programmed motion of the robotic manipulator at a first speed that is a multiple of a second speed of the directly controlled movement.

8. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to:

before both the insertion and the retraction, open the basket to give a stone room for rotation within the basket; and

after the both the insertion and the retraction, close the basket to capture the stone.

9. The robotic system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to:

during the performance of the first pre-programmed motion, m response to receiving a second user interaction via directional controls of the input device, stop the first pre-programmed motion;

move the basket to a new location in response to the receiving the second user interaction; and

resume the first pre-programmed motion at the new location.

10. The robotic system of claim 9 , wherein at least one user interface component is actuated to initiate the first pre-programmed motion and held down during the performance of the first pre-programmed motion and the second pre-programmed motion.

11. A control system for controlling a robotic device for performing a medical procedure, the control system comprising:

an input device configured to receive one or more user interactions and initiate one or more actions by the robotic device, the one or more actions comprising at least one of directly-controlled movement and pre-programmed motions;

a communication interface configured to send commands to the robotic device corresponding to the directly-controlled movement and the pre-programmed motions, the commands comprising:

movement, by the robotic device, of a medical instrument comprising a basket, the medical instrument configured to access a human anatomy through a luminal network; and

control circuitry communicatively coupled to the input device and the communication interface, the control circuitry configured to:

in response to receiving a first user interaction, initiate a first pre-programmed motion of the robotic device, the first pre-programmed motion comprising repeated insertion and retraction of the basket within the luminal network,

wherein the repeated insertion and retraction of the first pre-programmed motion is performed at a faster speed compared to insertion and retraction of the directly controlled movement.

12. The control system of claim 11 , wherein the input device comprises:

directional controls configured to direct movement of the robotic device along a plurality of axes; and

a plurality of user interface components including a first user interface component configured to initiate the first pre-programmed motion.

13. The control system of claim 12 , wherein:

double-tapping the first user interface component initiates the first pre-programmed motion.

14. The control system of claim 12 , wherein:

single tapping the first user interface component initiates the first pre-programmed motion.

15. The control system of claim 12 , wherein the first pre-programmed motion comprising a repeated, short range, forward and backward movement at an accelerated speed.

16. The control system of claim 15 , the control circuitry further configured to:

in response to receiving, via the directional controls, a movement request along a first axis, move a central locus of the first pre-programmed motion of the robotic device along the first axis; and

repeat the short range, forward and backward movement at the central locus.

17. The control system of claim 11 , wherein:

the input device comprises a microphone configured to capture vocal user commands; and

the control circuitry is further configured to identify a first vocal user command corresponding to the first user interaction.

18. The control system of claim 11 , wherein:

the robotic device is located at a first geographic location different from a second geographic location of the control system; and

the communication interface is further configured to send the commands over a wide area network.

19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to perform operations comprising:

manipulating, using a robotic device, a medical instrument comprising a basket to access a human anatomy through a lumen or an orifice, the robotic device configured to open the basket at a first opening speed and a second opening speed, the robotic device further configured to close the basket at a first closing speed and a second closing speed;

receiving, via an input device, one or more inputs for initiating pre-programmed motions by the robotic device, wherein the input device is configured to directly control movement of the basket and initiate pre-programmed motions;

in response to receiving a first input via the input device, initiating a first pre-programmed motion of the robotic device, the first pre-programmed motion comprising jiggling the basket,

wherein the jiggling of the first pre-programmed motion controls the basket at a faster speed compared to the directly controlled movement.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19 , wherein the first pre-programmed motion is performed at a first speed faster than a second speed of the directly controlled movement.

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