US 12,064,202 B1
Systems and methods for allowing remote robotic surgery
Tyler Grotenhuis, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and John Lawrence, Santa Ynez, CA (US)
Assigned to Sovato Health, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Sovato Health, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/541,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/599,285, filed on Nov. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/599,232, filed on Nov. 15, 2023.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/37 (2016.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 34/37 (2016.02) [G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for remotely controlling robotic surgery, the system comprising:
a plurality of surgeon-side adapters configured to be integrated with a plurality of surgeon consoles, each surgeon console being configured to control at least one surgical instrument and at least one imaging system of a patient-side robotic surgery system of a plurality of patient-side robotic surgery systems, the patient-side robotic surgery system being located remotely from the surgeon console and a surgeon-side adapter integrated with the surgeon console;
a plurality of patient-side adapters each configured to be integrated with a respective patient-side robotic surgery system; and
at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a request to establish a session between a surgeon console of the plurality of surgeon consoles and a patient-side robotic surgery system of the plurality of patient-side robotic surgery systems to allow a surgeon with whom the surgeon console is collocated to remotely control movement and actuation of at least one surgical instrument and at least one imaging system of the patient-side robotic surgery system and operate on a patient collocated with the patient-side robotic surgery system; and
establish the session between a surgeon-side adapter of the plurality of surgeon-side adapters, the surgeon-side adapter being integrated with the surgeon console, and a patient-side adapter of the plurality of patient-side adapters, the patient-side adapter being integrated with the patient-side robotic surgery system, in response to:
verifying that a connection has been established between a surgeon-side computing device and an audio-visual system located in an operating room where the patient-side robotic surgery system and the patient are located, the audio-visual system being configured to facilitate a two-way communication between the surgeon and one or more medical personnel in the operating room;
verifying that the surgeon console is compatible with the patient-side robotic surgery system; and
verifying that at least one network connection between the surgeon-side adapter and the patient-side adapter satisfies at least one network condition criterion.