Robotized surgery system with improved control

摘要

A robotized surgery system (10) comprises at least one robot arm (11) which acts under the control of a control console (12) intended for the surgeon. The console (12) comprises an eye tracking system (21) for detecting the direction of the surgeon's gaze and for entering commands depending on the directions of the gaze detected. The console (22) comprises advantageously a screen (23) with at least one zone (23) for viewing the operating field and, among the commands which can be performed depending on the gaze directions, there is advantageously an automatic command for enabling or disabling the movement of the robot arm (11) when a gaze direction which falls within or outside of said zone (23) of the screen is detected.

主权项

1. A method for controlling a robotized surgery system comprising robot arms which act under the control of manipulators of a control console comprising a screen and intended for a surgeon, comprising the steps of:
showing pictures of the robot arms on the screen; detecting the direction of the surgeon's gaze and controlling functions of the surgery system depending on the gaze direction detected; and when a new robot arm has to be assigned to one manipulator, selecting a picture of the new robot arm by one's gaze direction on the picture of the new arm shown on the screen and then moving the one's gaze direction on the screen into a screen position showing the picture of the robot arm assigned to said one manipulator to command the system to move the selected picture as dragging by means of one's gaze movement and assigning the new robot arm to said one manipulator, and wherein the assignment of the manipulators and the robot arms is performed by an eye tracking system.