Robot system and method for controlling a robot system for minimally invasive surgery

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PATENT NO 9681921
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14762208

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The invention relates to a method for controlling a robot system (1) for minimally invasive surgery, which comprises at least two robots (2, 3). According to the invention a port (7), which serves to provide access into the body of a patient (5), is operated by means of a first robot (2), and a surgical instrument (10), which is designed to be introduced into the body of the patient (5) through the port (7), is operated by means of a second robot (3). The separate operation of the port (7) and the surgical instrument (10) makes it possible to guide the port (7) synchronously to a movement of the surgical instrument (10), to damp the movement of the surgical instrument (10) or to block the movement by fixing the port (7).

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ABB SCHWEIZ AG5400 BADEN

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Gombert, Bernd Worthsee, DE 53 2072
Krausen, Leopold Munich, DE 9 517
Rothfuβ, Patrick Halbergmoos, DE 2 30

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