Surgical gantry and interface moveably interconnecting surgical table and gantry

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12539244-B2
Application number	US-202418670669-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2024
Priority date	May 26, 2023
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

A combination of a surgical table, a gantry including surgical robotic arms, and an interface for moveably interconnecting a surgical table with the gantry is provided. The surgical table can support a patient thereon, the gantry can support one or more surgical robotic arms for performing and/or aiding the performance of surgery on the patient, and the interface can be used to move the surgical table and the patient supported thereby relative to the surgical robotic arms.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A combination of a surgical table, a gantry including surgical robotic arms, and an interface for moveably interconnecting the surgical table with the gantry, the combination comprising: the surgical table comprising a first end, an opposite second end, a first lateral side, an opposite second lateral side, a longitudinal cross-member extending between the first end and the second end, at least one track attached to the longitudinal cross-member, and a patient support portion being configured to support a patient thereon; the gantry comprising: a base portion provided on an operating room floor; a support portion supported relative to the base portion, the support portion having a first portion on a first side of the gantry, and a second portion on a second side of the gantry; and a first surgical robotic arm and a second surgical robotic arm of the surgical robotic arms, the first surgical robotic arm supported by the first portion of the gantry and the second surgical robotic arm supported by the second portion of the gantry, the first surgical robotic arm and the second surgical robotic arm each including a first end portion for supporting surgical equipment thereon; and the interface comprising: a collar portion attached relative to the longitudinal cross-member of the surgical table, the collar portion including a first end, an opposite second end, an interior cavity extending between the first end and the second end, an interior surface defining a portion of the interior cavity, and at least one truck attached relative to the interior surface, portions of the longitudinal cross member being received in the interior cavity, and the at least one truck engaged to the at least one track portion attached to the longitudinal cross member; an actuator portion actuatable to facilitate movement of the at least one truck along the at least one track; and a locking portion attached to and/or supported relative to the gantry, and at least one engagement portion moveable between a disengaged position and an engaged position to maintain a position of the collar portion of the surgical table relative to the gantry; wherein, after the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry by the interface, an actuation of the actuator portion drives movement of portions of cross member into and out of the interior cavity via movement of the at least one truck along the at least one track to correspondingly adjust positions of the surgical table relative to the gantry, and the first surgical robotic arm and the second surgical robotic arm supported by the gantry; wherein, after the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry, the first surgical robotic arm and the second surgical robotic arm are supported by the gantry above the patient supported by the surgical table, the surgical equipment supported by the first surgical robotic arm and the second surgical robotic arm are moveable within at least a first plane transverse to a cranial-caudal axis of the patient supported by the patient support portion of the surgical table, and as the positions of the surgical table are adjusted relative to the gantry via actuation of the actuator portion, portions of the patient supported by the patient support portion are configured to be moved into and out of the first plane to thereby creating a three-dimensional operational area in which the first surgical robotic arm and the second surgical robotic arm are configured to access the patient and/or areas around the patient.

2 . The combination of claim 1 , wherein, after the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry, the surgical equipment supported by the first surgical robotic arm is positionable relative to one of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of the patient supported in a prone position on the patient support portion, and the surgical equipment supported by the second surgical robotic arm is positionable relative to the other of the first lateral side and the second lateral side of the patient supported in the prone position on the patient support portion.

3 . The combination of claim 1 , wherein the gantry further comprises an extension portion extending outwardly relative to the base portion, and a third surgical robotic arm of the surgical robotic arms supported by the extension portion, and, after the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry, the third surgical robotic arm is supported by the gantry below the patient supported by the surgical table, and surgical equipment supported third surgical robotic arm is moveable within at least the first plane.

4 . The combination of claim 1 , wherein the collar portion includes an exterior surface and the gantry includes a shoulder portion, and the exterior surface is contacted to the shoulder portion, when the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry by the interface.

5 . The combination of claim 4 , wherein, when the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry by the interface, the collar portion is position between the shoulder portion and the least one engagement portion of the locking portion in the engaged position.

6 . The combination of claim 1 , wherein the actuator portion is one of attached to the collar portion and attached to and/or supported by the gantry, the actuator portion including a first gear portion being configured to operatively engage a second gear portion attached to the cross member.

7 . The combination of claim 6 , wherein, when the collar portion is maintained in position relative to the gantry by the interface, the first gear portion is a circular gear and the second gear portion is a linear gear, and wherein rotation of the circular gear in a first rotational direction moves the cross member in a first linear direction relative to the collar portion and the gantry, and rotational of the circular gear in an opposite second rotational direction moves the cross member in an opposite second linear direction relative to the collar portion and the gantry.

8 . The combination of claim 7 , wherein movement of the cross member in the first and second linear directions relative to the collar portion corresponding moves the surgical table in the first and second linear directions relative to the gantry adapted to be stationary to afford positioning and repositioning of the portions of the patient supported by the surgical table into and out of the first plane.

9 . The combination of claim 1 , wherein the interface includes an outrigger portion attached to and/or supported relative to the gantry, the outrigger portion including a first side surface and a second side surface; and wherein the collar portion includes a receiving area defined in part by one or more bumpers attached to the collar portion on a first side of the receiving area and one or more bumpers attached to the collar portion on a second side of the receiving area, the outrigger portion being receivable in the receiving area, and contact of the one or more bumpers on the first side of the receiving area with the first side surface of the outrigger and contact of the one or more bumpers on the second side of the receiving area with the second side surface of the outrigger serving to guide the collar portion into position relative to the shoulder portion.

10 . The combination of claim 9 , wherein the engagement portion of the locking includes at least one post portion rotatable from the disengaged position that allows passage of the collar portion over the locking portion to the deployed position that prevents movement of the collar portion relative to the gantry to maintain the position of the collar portion of the surgical t

Assignees

• Warsaw Orthopedic Inc

Inventors

• Lim Roy K
• Darling Katharine E
• Dace Mark C

Classifications

• A61G2200/325

  prone · CPC title

• A61G13/08

  the table being divided into different adjustable sections · CPC title

• A61G13/0054

  specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries · CPC title

• A61B34/30 Primary

  Surgical robots · CPC title

• A61G13/101 Primary

  Clamping means for connecting accessories to the operating table (supports as part of surgical instruments A61B90/50) · CPC title