MASTER CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION

A master controller device includes a control gripper to control at least the open/close degree of freedom of a slave surgical instrument. The control gripper has a first interface portion and a second interface portion for the fingers of a user, wherein the first interface portion is opposite to th...

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Hauptverfasser: HOPKINS, Benjamin David, SIMI, Massimiliano, JOSEPH, Alexander Richard, MARET, Alexander John, PINESCHI, Nicola, CURTIS-WOODCOCK, Niven, HARM, Christopher Edward, DOYLE, Samuel John, MONTAGNANI, Federico, PIDGEON, Andrew Duncan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A master controller device includes a control gripper to control at least the open/close degree of freedom of a slave surgical instrument. The control gripper has a first interface portion and a second interface portion for the fingers of a user, wherein the first interface portion is opposite to the second interface portion. Each interface portion includes a cavity thereof formed by a respective conically-developing surface. The controller device can further include a handle which forms the handle of the master controller device, wherein the handle has a body which forms at least one seat with a surface thereof to rest on the back of a user's hand.