US 11,751,963 B2
Medical device for manipulating surgical tools
Yun-Chung Lin, Hsinchu County (TW); Xiu-Yun Xiao, Hsinchu County (TW); and Ming-Chun Ho, Hsinchu County (TW)
Assigned to POINT ROBOTICS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Point Robotics Medtech Inc., Hsinchu County (TW)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,779.
Application 17/953,779 is a continuation of application No. 17/138,805, filed on Dec. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,696,809.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018931 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/70 (2016.02) [A61B 90/06 (2016.02); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
an adaptor configured to hold a surgical tool, wherein the adaptor includes:
a body; and
a receiving shaft rotatably supported by the body;
a parallel manipulator, including:
an end platform;
a base platform; and
a plurality of limbs operably coupled between the end platform and the base platform;
a shaft motor attached to the base platform and configured to generate a mechanical force for manipulating movement of the surgical tool;
a transmission shaft rotatably supported by the end platform, wherein the transmission shaft is configured to transfer the mechanical force to the receiving shaft; and
a force transducer disposed between the adapter and the end platform and having a through hole, wherein the receiving shaft meets the transmission shaft in the through hole to receive the mechanical force from the transmission shaft to manipulate movement of the surgical tool.