US 11,980,436 B2
Medical system, method and computer program
Christopher Wright, London (GB); and Akinori Kamoda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/276,165
Filed by Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/037638
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/075501, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18200255 (EP), filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031414 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/76 (2016.02) [A61B 34/37 (2016.02); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical system, the system comprising a control device having processing circuitry configured to:
receive positional information relating to the position of at least a part of a surgical robot;
determine a boundary around the surgical robot based on the positional information; and
control the generation of a haptic sensation when a member of a surgical team is at the boundary.