1. A holding device for a robotic surgical system, said holding device having a clamping device for removably holding a surgical object, said clamping device comprising at least two clamping arms and a bearing component on which at least one of the clamping arms is movably mounted, and having at least one actuation element for actuating the at least one movable clamping arm, wherein the movable clamping arm has at least two functional sections, of which a first functional section forms a clamping jaw and a second functional section forms an actuation extension which interacts with the associated actuation element, and wherein an overload protection apparatus is provided which allows an automatic opening of the clamping device when an external force acting on the clamping device reaches or exceeds a threshold value, wherein the at least one actuation element is supported in the bearing component so that it is free to move in the axial direction and extends into the interior of the bearing component.
2. (canceled)
3. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one movably mounted clamping jaw is biased in the closing direction by a spring element.
4. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the first overload protection apparatus comprises a spring element acting on at least one clamping jaw.
5. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein a single spring element is provided both for closing the clamping device and for the first overload protection apparatus.
6. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the actuation element is coupled with at least one of the clamping arms via a bearing, in particular a sleeve bearing.
7. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the actuation element is coupled to a wedge mechanism, which transforms a translational movement of the actuation element into a pivoting movement of at least one of the clamping jaws.
8. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping device has two movably mounted clamping arms and a single actuation element for simultaneous openingclosing of both clamping jaws.
9. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping device has two movably mounted clamping arms, wherein a separate actuation element is provided for each clamping arm.
10. The holding device according to claim 9, wherein the actuation directions of the two actuation elements is opposite.
11. The holding device according to claim 9, wherein the actuation elements are arranged such that they can be pressed together.
12. The holding device according to claim 1 which is enclosed by a sterile cover, wherein the axial direction of movement of the at least one actuation element is oriented approximately perpendicular to the surface of the sterile cover in the region of the actuation element.
13. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein an adapter element is provided between the clamping jaws.
14. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the adapter element is a component of a cover for the holding device.
15. The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping device andor the adapter element have at least one sensor which senses the presence andor proper seating of the surgical object andor the adapter element between the clamping jaws andor a characteristic of this object andor the adapter element.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for modeling a business process to facilitate collaborative data submission within a workflow management system, the method comprising:
storing a cycle definition that defines a business cycle, the cycle definition comprising one or more assignment definitions;
instantiating one or more assignment instances using the assignment definitions;
providing data entry forms associated with the assignment instances to one or more contributors; and
receiving a data submission from the contributors via the data entry forms.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each assignment definition comprises data identifying a contributor specification that is utilized when the assignment definition is instantiated to identify the one or more contributors.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein each assignment definition comprises data identifying a scope specification that is utilized when the assignment definition is instantiated to identify the data submission that is to be received from the contributors.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein each assignment definition comprises data identifying an approval chain specification that is utilized when the assignment definition is instantiated to identify one or more approvers for approving the data submission received from the contributors.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein each assignment definition comprises data identifying a set of validation rules that are utilized when the assignment definition is instantiated to identify validation rules for validating the data submission received from the contributors.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein each assignment definition comprises data identifying a set of data entry forms for receiving the data submission from the contributors.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein each assignment definition comprises data identifying a deadline specification that is utilized when the assignment definition is instantiated to identify a deadline by which the data submission must be received from the contributors.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the cycle definition comprises data defining a recurrence pattern for the business cycle.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the cycle definition comprises data defining a time period in which the contributors may submit data for the business cycle.
10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 1.
11. A method for interacting with an assignment instance in a workflow management system, the method comprising:
exposing an application programming interface (API) for interacting with an assignment instance in a workflow management system, the API exposing a first method for identifying actions that may be performed on a specified assignment instance by a specified user when a call to the first method is made.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the API further exposes a second method for performing one of the actions on the assignment instance.
13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 12.
14. A computer-readable medium having data fields stored therein for use in modeling a business process in a workflow management system, the computer-readable medium having stored thereon:
a first data field for storing a business cycle definition, the business cycle definition comprising data defining a business cycle within a workflow management system; and
a second data field for storing an assignment definition associated with the business cycle definition, the assignment definition comprising data defining an assignment within the business cycle.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the assignment definition comprises data defining a scope for the assignment.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the assignment definition further comprises data defining one or more contributors for the assignment.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the assignment definition further comprises data defining an approval chain for the assignment.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the assignment definition further comprises data defining a data form associated with the assignment.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the assignment definition further comprises data defining a validation rule for the assignment.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the assignment definition further comprises data defining a deadline specification for the assignment.