US 12,167,895 B2
Safety feature for use with robotically manipulated endoscopes and other tools in otolaryngology and neurosurgery
Russell H. Taylor, Severna Park, MD (US); and Francis Xavier Creighton, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Appl. No. 17/265,415
Filed by THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/044787
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/028747, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,747, filed on Aug. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298839 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 5/6832 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing safety during surgery comprising:
an accelerometer configured to track patient motion;
a surgical device holder, wherein the surgical device holder comprises a latch configured to move a surgical device disposed within the surgical device holder between a deployed position and a retracted position, and wherein the latch is biased to the deployed position; and
a controller configured to receive information from the accelerometer, wherein the controller is further configured to actuate the latch of the surgical device holder between the deployed position and the retracted position, when the accelerometer detects patient motion.