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US 10,542,908 B2Granted
Surgical equipment control input visualization field
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsYiming Mei, Michael Ikeda
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Abstract
A teleoperated medical device includes a sensor that senses information that represents a position of a control input out of an operator's field of view and displays the information to the operator. The displayed information may be combined with an image of a surgical site, so that the operator can locate and operate the control input while continuously viewing the image of the surgical site.
Claims21
A medical device comprising:
- a slave manipulator;
- a controller operatively coupled to the slave manipulator;
- and
- a master console operatively coupled to the controller and to the slave manipulator, the master console comprising:
- a master control component operable by an operator and outside of a field of view of the operator;
- a second control component operable by the operator and outside of the field of view of the operator;
- a display within the field of view of the operators;
- and
- a first image capture device operatively coupled to the display;
- wherein the first image capture device acquires a first image of a physical environment surrounding at least one of the master control component and the second control component, the first image comprising an image of at least a part of the master control component or a part of the second control component;
- and
- wherein the first image is output on the display.
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The medical device of claim further comprising:
- a second display within the field of view of the operator;
- and
- a second image capture device coupled to the second displays;
- wherein the second image capture device captures an image of at least part of a surgical site;
- and
- wherein the second image of at least part of the surgical site is output on the second display.
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A method comprising:
- acquiring a first image of a physical environment surrounding at least one of a master control component operable by an operator and outside of a field of view of the operator and a second control component operable by the operator and outside of the field of view of the operator, the first image comprising an image of at least a part of the master control component or a part of the second control component;
- visually outputting the first image to the operator;
- and
- receiving an input from the operator via at least one of the master control component and the second control component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.