US 12,440,286 B2
Partial reusable robot performing endo-tool manipulation
Dwight Alan Meglan, Westwood, MA (US); Yunfei Cao, Lincoln, MA (US); and Ann Xin, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to Foreveryoung Technology Corporation; and Tonglu Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Foreveryoung Technology Corporation, Lincoln, MA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,630.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380914 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 34/70 (2016.02); B25J 9/10 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot apparatus comprising:
a robot moving hand configured to move linearly towards or away from a clinical subject, the robot moving hand further comprising:
a moving hand actuator including an electromagnetic device comprising a permanent magnetic driving gear and an electromagnet, the permanent magnetic driving gear being perpendicularly aligned with the electromagnet, and the electromagnetic device is controlled by a surgical operator at a distance;
a manipulator configured to maneuver an endo-tool to be inserted into or withdrawn from the clinical subject, the manipulator being electromagnetically controlled by the moving hand actuator in a contactless manner;
a robot stationary hand being linearly stationed between the clinical subject and the robot moving hand, the robot stationary hand having a clamp to either hold or release the endo-tool being passed through the clamp, the clamp being magnetically coupled to and controlled by the stationary hand actuator contactlessly in such way that the robot stationary hand releases the endo-tool while the manipulator of the robot moving hand holds and maneuvers the endo-tool to be inserted or withdrawn from the clinical subject;
a sterile barrier configured to separate a sterile side from a non-sterile side, wherein, the moving hand actuator, the stationary hand actuator are on the non-sterile side, and the manipulator and the clamp are on the sterile side.