Multi-panel graphical user interface for a robotic surgical system
AssigneeVerb Surgical Inc.
InventorsEric Mark Johnson, Emma Essock-Burns, Lawrence Edward Miller, Francois W. Brahic
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Abstract
A method for a robotic surgical system includes displaying a graphical user interface on a display to a user, wherein the graphical user interface includes a plurality of reconfigurable display panels, receiving a user input at one or more user input devices, wherein the user input indicates a selection of at least one software application relating to the robotic surgical system, and rendering content from the at least one selected software application among the plurality of reconfigurable display panels.
Claims21
A method for a robotic surgical system that includes a handheld user input device (UID) and a robotic arm with an end effector, the method comprising:
- using the handheld UID to control movement of the robotic arm with the end effector while the handheld UID is in a user's hand and while the robotic surgical system is in tele operation;
- displaying a graphical user interface (“GUI”) on a display to a user, wherein the GUI includes a first display panel that contains visual content from a first software application and a second display panel that contains visual content from a second software application, wherein the visual content from the first software application is endoscopic video of a surgical site and the first display panel is larger than the second display panel;
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- in response to a user input at the handheld UID, pausing the robotic arm movement;
- using an eye-tracking sensor to determine that the user is focusing on the second display panel in the GUI;
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- in response to 1) pausing the robotic arm movement and 2) determining that the user is focusing on the second display panel, reconfiguring the display panels to render visual content from the second software application in the first display panel and to render visual content from the first software application in the second display panel.
A robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a robotic surgical instrument;
- a handheld user input devices (UID) configured to control movement of the robotic surgical instrument while the handheld UID is in a user's hand and while the robotic surgical system is in tele-operation;
- a display configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first display panel that contains visual content from a first software application and a second display panel that contains visual content from a second software application, wherein the visual content from the first software application is endoscopic video of a surgical site and the first display panel is larger than the second display panel;
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- an eye-tracking sensor configured to detect whether the user is focusing on a portion of the display,
- wherein, in response to a user input at the handheld UID, the robotic surgical instrument is configured to pause in place,
- wherein, in response to 1) the robotic surgical instrument pausing in place and 2) the eye-tracking sensor detecting that the user is focusing on the second display panel in the GUI,
- the display becomes reconfigured to render visual content from the second software application in the first display panel and to render visual content from the first software application in the second display panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.