Elizabeth R Shields

US Patent:

20230041479, Feb 9, 2023

Filed:

Feb 10, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/794061

Inventors:

- Mansfield MA, US
Stefan Joerg - Muenchen, DE
Elizabeth G. Shields - Somerville MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 34/30
A61B 90/50

Abstract:

A surgical robotic system including a surgical console including a user input device configured to generate a user input, a movable cart, a surgical robotic arm disposed on the movable cart, the surgical robotic arm including a surgical instrument, and a control tower including a controller having a system monitor configured to synchronize activation or deactivation of the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and the surgical robotic arm. The system monitor includes a communication interface coupled to the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and the surgical robotic arm; and a system monitor state machine operably coupled to the communication interface and configured to interact with the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and the surgical robotic arm to monitor the status and to activate or deactivate the control tower, the surgical console, the movable cart, and/or the surgical robotic arm.