Haptic device for telerobotic surgery
A haptic device for telerobotic surgery, including a base; a linkage system having first and second linkage members coupled to the base; a motor that provides a motor force; a transmission including first and second driving pulleys arranged such that their faces form an angle and their axes form a plane, first and second idler pulleys offset from the plane and arranged between the first and second driving pulleys such that their axes divide the angle between the first and second driving pulleys, and a cable that traverses the first and second driving pulleys and the set of idler pulleys and transfers the motor force to the linkage system; an end effector coupled to distal ends of the first and second linkage members and maneuverable relative to the base; and a controller that modulates the motor force to simulate a body part at a point portion of the end effector.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Assignee:
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,924,009
- Application Number:
- 12/722,332
- OSTI ID:
- 1166745
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2010 Mar 11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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