Title:
ERGONOMIC FOOT-OPERATED JOYSTICK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/092005
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method and system provide a surgical system including a foot pedal and at least one pressure sensor. The foot pedal has a first axis and a second axis. The first axis and the second axis intersect and are oriented at a nonzero angle. The pressure sensor(s) are coupled with the foot pedal. The pressure sensor(s) sense at least one rotation of the foot pedal around the first axis and the second axis. The pressure sensor(s) provide at least one output based on the rotation(s).
Inventors:
MERCADO FRED (US)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2017/057013
Publication Date:
July 19, 2018
Filing Date:
November 09, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NOVARTIS AG (CH)
International Classes:
G05G1/40; A61B17/00; A61B34/00; A61B34/30; A61F9/007; G01L1/04; G01L1/22; G05G1/38; G05G1/44; G05G9/04; G05G9/047; G06F3/033
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016042407A1 | 2016-03-24 | |||
| WO2016179459A1 | 2016-11-10 | |||
| WO1998008449A1 | 1998-03-05 |
Foreign References:
| US20140267195A1 | 2014-09-18 | |||
| US4970486A | 1990-11-13 |
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