US 11,931,901 B2
Robotic medical system with collision proximity indicators
Ryan J. Murphy, Arvada, CO (US); Mark A. Lown, Castro Valley, CA (US); Janet Helene Goldenstein, San Carlos, CA (US); Alexander Tarek Hassan, San Francisco, CA (US); and Felix Malinkevich, Wilbraham, MA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,382.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,054, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402603 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC B25J 9/1666 (2013.01) [A61B 34/25 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic medical system, comprising:
a first robotic arm;
an input device configured to receive one or more user inputs for controlling the first robotic arm;
a display configured to:
display an image of an anatomy of a patient and a medical tool attached to the first robotic arm; and
display a first icon representative of the first robotic arm and the medical tool, wherein the first icon comprises a text identifier of the first robotic arm and a text identification of the medical tool attached to the first robotic arm, and wherein the first icon comprises at least a first state and a second state;
a processor; and
at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to:
control movement of the first robotic arm based on the one or more user inputs received at the input device;
during the movement of the first robotic arm, determine a distance between the first robotic arm and a second component of the robotic medical system;
based on the distance, set the first icon to the first state or the second state to indicate whether the first robotic arm associated with the first icon is approaching a collision or is experiencing the collision;
detect that the first robotic arm is approaching a third component of the robotic medical system, wherein the image excludes an indication of the third component of the robotic medical system when the first robotic arm is detected to be approaching the third component, and
wherein, in response to the detection that the first robotic arm is approaching the third component, the display is further configured to initiate display of a second icon representative of the third component of the robotic medical system.