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Robotic system and method for precise organ excision technology

Grant US12578353B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

VITALITY ROBOTICS INC.

Inventors

Joe Webb

Abstract

Methods and systems for automating surgical procedures in model organisms. The system includes a user input panel, a trained computer vision system, a server, and articulated robotic arm. The system may further include an analytical scale, an anesthesia chamber, a tube labeling system, a tissue freezing system, and a biohazard waste disposal system. The computer vision system communicates with the robotic arm to coordinate tissue collections and common research procedures such as injections via recognition models related to detection, identification, localization, and classification. The central server provides rapid synchronization of data between the local machine and a cloud account system for real-time data analytics. The anesthesia chamber provides standardized administration of anesthesia, the sample labeling system provides 2D barcoded labels according to user input, and the tissue freezing and waste disposal systems enable storage of samples and removal of carcasses following tissue collection, fully automating the necropsy.

CPC Classifications

B25J 9/0084 B25J 15/04 B25J 19/02 B25J 21/00 A61B 2034/2055 A61B 90/361 A61B 90/94 A61B 90/96 A61B 2090/064 A61M 16/009 A61M 16/01 A61M 16/18 A61M 2250/00

Filing Date

2022-11-11

Application No.

17985342

Claims

21