Surgeon feedback sensing and display methods

A surgical system, comprising:

• a surgical instrument for use at a surgical site, the surgical instrument comprising:
• an end effector comprising a first jaw member and a second jaw member, the end effector comprising at least one state;
• a blade slideably receivable between the first and second jaw members;
• at least one sensor coupled to the end effector to generate a first electrical feedback signal corresponding to the at least one state of the end effector, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a position sensor;
• and
• an instrument mounting portion configured to mount to a robotic surgical system and comprising at least one first member coupled to at least one second member, the at least one first member meshed to at least one third member and configured to convert a first motion of the at least one first member into a second motion of the at least one third member to control articulation of an articulation section of a shaft assembly in at least one direction;
• a data acquisition circuit electrically coupled to the at least one sensor;
• and
• a display system communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit, wherein the display system comprises a display screen;
• wherein the data acquisition circuit is configured to transmit a second electrical feedback signal to the display system based on the first electrical feedback signal;
• wherein the display system is configured to render visual feedback comprising:
• a video image of the surgical site on the display screen;
• and
• one or more than one visual representation corresponding to the second electrical feedback signal, wherein the one or more than one visual representation is rendered at the same time as the video image, wherein the one or more than one visual representation is rendered separate from the video image along at least one periphery of the display screen, and wherein the one or more than one visual representation comprises at least one virtual image of the end effector in a state of the at least one state;
• and
• wherein the state of the at least one state comprises a position of the blade within the first and second jaw members, wherein the first electrical feedback signal corresponds to an actual position of the blade within the first and second jaw members, and wherein the at least one virtual image of the end effector comprises a virtual image of the blade within the first and second jaw members that represents the actual position of the blade within the first and second jaw members.