MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617090463 A) filed by Quantum Surgical on July 24, 2026, for Collaborative Medical Robot For Guiding Instrument Insertion.
Inventors include Lemonnier, Sarah; Olive, Sbastien; Quennouelle, Cyril; Blondel, Lucien; Nahum, Bertin; and Badano, Fernand.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a medical robot (10) for assisting a practitioner in performing a minimally invasive medical procedure. The medical robot comprises a robotic arm (13) equipped with a tool guide (14) for guiding the insertion of a medical instrument (15) into the body of a patient (20) according to a planned trajectory. A control unit (12) of the medical robot is configured to perform a sequence of movements of the robotic arm (13) successively comprising an automatic movement to move the tool guide to an offset pose (102), and a cooperative manual movement to move the tool guide from the offset pose to an insertion pose (103). The offset pose lies in a plane orthogonal to the planned trajectory and passing through the insertion pose. The only possible movements of the tool guide during the cooperative manual movement are in this plane. This sequence of movements makes it possible to reposition the tool guide, precisely and safely, so as to take back hold of a medical instrument already partially inserted into the body of the patient.
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